Psalm 23:4

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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כִּי

kîy

H3588

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

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I

יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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the

גַּיְא

gayʼ

H1516

a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)

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of the

צֵל

tsêl

H6738

shade, whether literal or figurative

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of

מָוֶת

mâveth

H4194

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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I will

יָרֵא

yârêʼ

H3372

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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no

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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for thou art with me thy

מַטֶּה

maṭṭeh

H4294

a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),...

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מַטֶּה

maṭṭeh

H4294

a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),...

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they

נָחַם

nâcham

H5162

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 (unfavora...

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Key Terms in This Verse

staff H4294

מַטֶּה maṭṭeh

a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of l...

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comfort H5162

נָחַם nâcham

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)

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shadow H6738

צֵל tsêl

shade, whether literal or figurative

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rod H4294

מַטֶּה maṭṭeh

a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of l...

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valley H1516

גַּיְא gayʼ

a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)

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walk H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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though H3588

כִּי kîy

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

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Yea H432

אִלּוּ ʼillûw

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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death H4194

מָוֶת mâveth

death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin

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fear H3372

יָרֵא yârêʼ

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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Cross References

Isaiah 41:10 cross-reference

Fear thou 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.

Psalm 118:6 cross-reference

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

Psalm 138:7 cross-reference

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

Psalm 3:6 cross-reference

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Luke 1:79 cross-reference

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Micah 7:14 cross-reference

Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Psalm 46:11 cross-reference

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Matthew 28:20 cross-reference

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Matthew 1:23 cross-reference

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

2 Timothy 4:22 cross-reference

The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

Psalm 14:5 cross-reference

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Psalm 44:19 cross-reference

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Zechariah 11:10 cross-reference

And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

Jeremiah 2:6 cross-reference

Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shado...

Psalm 110:2 cross-reference

The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Job 3:5 cross-reference

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Job 24:17 cross-reference

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Zechariah 8:23 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD 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 ...

Zechariah 11:14 cross-reference

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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