Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
Parallel translations
- WEB A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
- KJV A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
- NKJV A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you.
- NASB A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But it shall not approach you.
- NLT Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you.
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Quick answer
Even amid widespread calamity, God preserves the one who shelters in Him.
Overview
Though thousands fall on every side, the trusting believer is kept safe. The verse vividly assures God's particular care for His own amid general disaster. This is not a blanket promise of bodily immunity, but a confidence that nothing separates the believer from God's keeping, ultimately secured in Christ (Rom. 8:35-39).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Exod 12:12–13On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
- Gen 7:23And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
- Ps 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
- Num 14:37–38those men who had brought out the bad report about the land—were struck down by a plague before the LORD.
- Josh 14:10Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
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