Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you [are] with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me

New American Standard Bible

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Even when I go through the darkest valley,
I fear no danger,
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.

International Standard Version

Even when I walk through a valley of deep darkness, I will not be afraid because you are with me. Your rod and your staff they comfort me.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

Yea, thou 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.

Amplified


Even though I walk through the [sunless] valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

Also if I shall go into the valley of the shadow of death, I shall not be afraid of evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they will comfort me.

King James 2000

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

Modern King James verseion

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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 comfort me.

NET Bible

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

New Heart English Bible

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

The Emphasized Bible

Yea, though I walk through a valley death-shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me.

Webster

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

World English Bible

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Youngs Literal Translation

Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 23:4

References

Images Psalm 23:4

Context Readings

The Good Shepherd

3 He restores my life. He leads me in {correct paths} for the sake of his name. 4 Even when I walk in a dark valley, I fear no evil because you [are] with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me 5 You prepare before me a table in the presence of my oppressors. You anoint my head with oil; my cup [is] overflowing.

Cross References

Psalm 3:6

I am not afraid of the ten thousands of people who all around have set themselves against me.

Psalm 138:7

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve me alive. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my enemies, and you save me [with] your right hand.

Job 10:21-22

Before I go--and I will not return-- to [the] land of darkness and deep shadow,

Psalm 118:6

Yahweh [is] for me; I do not fear. What can [mere] humans do to me?

Micah 7:14

Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, those dwelling alone [in] a forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as [in] the days of old.

Job 3:5

Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let clouds settle on it; let them terrify it [with the] blackness of day.

Luke 1:79

to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace."

2 Timothy 4:22

The Lord [be] with your spirit. Grace [be] with you.

Job 24:17

because morning likewise is to them deep darkness; indeed, they know about [the] terrors of deep darkness.

Psalm 14:5

There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.

Isaiah 43:1-2

But now thus says Yahweh, he who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: "You must not fear, for I have redeemed you. I have called [you] by your name; {you are mine}.

Psalm 27:1-4

Yahweh [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh [is] the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 44:19

But you have crushed us in a place of jackals, and have covered us with deep shadow.

Psalm 46:1-3

God [is] our refuge and strength, a very sufficient help in troubles.

Psalm 46:11

Yahweh of Hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our [high] stronghold.

Psalm 110:2

Yahweh will send out your mighty scepter from Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies.

Isaiah 8:9-10

Be broken, [you] peoples, and be dismayed. And listen, all distant [parts of the] earth; gird yourselves and be dismayed; gird yourselves and be dismayed!

Isaiah 41:10

You must not fear, for I [am] with you; you must not be afraid, for I [am] your God. I will strengthen you, indeed I will help you, indeed I will take hold of you with the right hand of my salvation.

Jeremiah 2:6

And they did not say, 'Where [is] Yahweh, the one who brought us up from the land of Egypt, the one who led us in the desert, in a land of desert plains and gorges, in a land of dryness and deep darkness, in a land {that no one passes through}, and no human lives there?'

Zechariah 8:23

Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'In those days ten men from {all the nations of every language} will take hold of the hem of a Judean man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard [that] God [is] with you!" '"

Zechariah 11:10

And I took my staff Kindness and broke it, to break my covenant that I {had made} with all the peoples.

Zechariah 11:14

Then I broke my second staff Unity to break the family ties between Judah and Israel.

Matthew 1:23

"Behold, the virgin {will become pregnant} and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel," which is translated, "God with us."

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the age."

Acts 18:9-10

And the Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not keep silent,

1 Corinthians 15:55-57

Where, O death, [is] your victory? Where, O death, [is] your sting?

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