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Psalm 23

Psa. 23:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yea, though I walk
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
through the valley
gay' (Hebrew #1516)
probably (by transmutation) from the same root as 1466 (abbreviated); a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
KJV usage: valley.
Pronounce: gah'-ee
Origin: or (shortened) gay {gah'-ee}
of the shadow of death
tsalmaveth (Hebrew #6757)
shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)
KJV usage: shadow of death.
Pronounce: tsal-maw'-veth
Origin: from 6738 and 4194
, I will fear
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
no evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
: for thoux art with me; thy rod
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
and thy staff
mish`enah (Hebrew #4938)
feminine of 4937; support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick
KJV usage: staff.
Pronounce: mish-ay-naw'
Origin: or mishteneth {mish-eh'-neth}
they comfort
nacham (Hebrew #5162)
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Pronounce: naw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
me.
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Isa. 43:2• 2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. (Isa. 43:2)

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Death,
Rod,
Vale; Valley

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 44:19• 19Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death. (Psa. 44:19)
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Job 3:5• 5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it. (Job 3:5)
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Job 10:21‑22• 21Before I go, and never to return,--to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
 22A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness. (Job 10:21‑22)
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Job 24:17• 17For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death. (Job 24:17)
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Jer. 2:6• 6And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth? (Jer. 2:6)
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Luke 1:79• 79to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:79)
I will.
Psa. 3:6• 6I will not fear for myriads of the people that have set themselves against me round about. (Psa. 3:6)
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Psa. 27:1‑4• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
 2When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
 3If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.
 4One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire of him in his temple. (Psa. 27:1‑4)
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Psa. 46:1‑3• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.
 2Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas;
 3Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. (Psa. 46:1‑3)
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Psa. 118:6• 6Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do unto me? (Psa. 118:6)
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Psa. 138:7• 7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the anger of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. (Psa. 138:7)
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Isa. 41:10• 10--Fear not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (Isa. 41:10)
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1 Cor. 15:55‑57• 55Where, O death, is thy sting? where, O death, thy victory?
 56Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin the law;
 57but thanks to God, who gives us the victory by our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 15:55‑57)
for thou.
Psa. 14:5• 5There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous. (Psa. 14:5)
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Psa. 46:11• 11Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah. (Psa. 46:11)
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Isa. 8:9‑10• 9Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!
 10Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for *God is with us. (Isa. 8:9‑10)
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Isa. 43:1‑2• 1But now thus saith Jehovah, that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
 2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. (Isa. 43:1‑2)
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Zech. 8:23• 23Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days shall ten men take hold, out of all languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you. (Zech. 8:23)
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Matt. 1:23• 23Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is, being interpreted, 'God with us.' (Matt. 1:23)
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Matt. 28:20• 20teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you. And behold, *I* am with you all the days, until the completion of the age. (Matt. 28:20)
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Acts 18:9‑10• 9And the Lord said by vision in the night to Paul, Fear not, but speak and be not silent;
 10because *I* am with thee, and no one shall set upon thee to injure thee; because I have much people in this city. (Acts 18:9‑10)
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2 Tim. 4:22• 22The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. (2 Tim. 4:22)
thy rod.
Psa. 110:2• 2Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies. (Psa. 110:2)
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Mic. 7:14• 14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine inheritance, dwelling alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. (Mic. 7:14)
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Zech. 11:10,14• 10And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
 14And I cut asunder mine other staff, Bands, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. (Zech. 11:10,14)
• Does it go through the valley of the shadow of death? Does death cast its dark gloom over the Spirit that must go down into its shade? He is there, greater than death, to guide and sustain. Are powerful and relentless enemies there to alarm and threaten? They are powerless before Him. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 22-24” by J.N. Darby)
• The Shepherd is there to direct with His rod, and support with His staff. (“Psalms 23” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.