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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• 19But thou hast broken us to pieces in the place of large serpents,{HR}And hast covered us over with the shadow of death. (Psa. 44:19)
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Job 3:5• 5Let darkness and death-shade reclaim it;{HR}Let clouds tabernacle on it;{HR}Let darkenings of the day affright it. (Job 3:5)
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Job 10:21‑22• 21Before I go, and return not,{HR}To a land of darkness and death-shade,
 22A land of gloom, like pitch-darkness itself,{HR}Death-shade, without order,{HR}And the shining like pitch-darkness itself. (Job 10:21‑22)
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Job 24:17• 17For morning is to them altogether death-shade,{HR}When he discerneth the terrors of the death-shade. (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 be afraid of myriads of people{HR}Which round about have set themselves in array against me. (Psa. 3:6)
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Psa. 27:1‑4• 1Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid?
 2When evil doers drew near unto me to eat my flesh,{HR}Mine adversaries and mine enemies against me,{HR}They stumbled and fell.
 3Though a host encamp against me, my heart doth not fear;{HR}Though war rise up against me, in this I [am] confident.
 4One [thing] have I asked from Jehovah, that will I seek after;{HR}To dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,{HR}To gaze upon the beauty of Jehovah and to consider in his temple. (Psa. 27:1‑4)
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Psa. 46:1‑3• 1To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah; upon Alamoth, a song.{HR}God [is] a refuge and strength to us,{HR}A help in distresses very readily found.
 2Therefore will we not fear in the changing of the earth{HR}And in the moving of the mountains into the heart of the seas.
 3Its waters roar, they are troubled;{HR}The mountains tremble with its pride. Selah. (Psa. 46:1‑3)
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Psa. 118:6• 6Jehovah [is] for me:{HR}I will not fear;{HR}What can man do unto me? (Psa. 118:6)
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Psa. 138:7• 7If I walk in the midst of distress, thou wilt revive me;{HR}Upon the wrath of mine enemies thou wilt stretch forth thy hand,{HR}And thy right hand shall save me. (Psa. 138:7)
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Isa. 41:10• 10Fear 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, death, [is] thy victory? where, death, thy sting?
 56Now the sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin the law;
 57but thanks to God that giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 15:55‑57)
for thou.
Psa. 14:5• 5There have they greatly feared;{HR}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;{HR}The God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. (Psa. 46:11)
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Isa. 8:9‑10• 9Rage, ye peoples, and ye shall be broken in pieces. And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth. Gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
 10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand; for God [is] with us [Immanuel]. (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 it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall 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 night through a vision to Paul, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent,
 10because I am with thee and no one shall set on thee to harm 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 thy spirit. Grace be with you. (2 Tim. 4:22)
thy rod.
Psa. 110:2• 2Jehovah shall send the rod of thy might out of Zion:{HR}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.
 14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Yea when I shall walk through the valley of the shadow of death,{HR}I will fear no evil, for thou [art] with me;{HR}Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.