A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.
- BSB Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you.
- 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 12:12–13For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
- Gen 7:23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
- Ps 32:6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
- Num 14:37–38Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
- Josh 14:10And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
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