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Psalms 91:3
3Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the destructive pestilence.
Psalms 91:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
- New International Version (NIV)Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.
Context of Psalms 91:3
1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2I say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress; my God, I will confide in him. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the destructive pestilence. 4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou find refuge: his truth is a shield and buckler. 5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, for the arrow that flieth by day,
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כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַ֭צִּֽילְךָ מִפַּ֥ח יָק֗וּשׁ מִדֶּ֥בֶר הַוּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 91:3
- Psalms 124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.
- Psalms 141:9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
- Proverbs 7:23till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are taken with the snare, like them are the children of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
- Hosea 9:8Is Ephraim a watchman with my God? [nay] the prophet is a fowler's snare on all his ways, enmity in the house of his God.
- Amos 3:5Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth when no gin [is laid] for him? Will the snare spring up from the earth when nothing at all hath been taken?
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
- 2 Timothy 2:26and that they may awake up out of the snare of the devil, [who are] taken by him, for his will.
- Psalms 91:6For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
- Numbers 14:37even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah.
- Numbers 16:46And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and put fire thereon from off the altar, and lay on incense, and carry it quickly to the assembly, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah: the plague is begun.
- 2 Samuel 24:15And Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the set time; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
- Job 5:10Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
Commentaries on Psalms 91:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Surely he shall deliver thee - If thou wilt act thus, then the God in whom thou trustest will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, from all the devices of Satan, and from all dangerous maladies. As the original word, דבר dabar, signifies a word spoken, and deber, the same letters, signifies pestilence; so some translate one way, and some another: he shall deliver thee from the evil and slanderous word; he shall deliver thee from the noisome…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler - The snare or gin set for catching birds; meaning, here, that God would save him from the purposes of wicked people; such purposes as might be compared with the devices employed to catch birds. On the meaning of the figure used here, see the notes at Psalm 18:5. And from the noisome pestilence - The “fatal” pestilence; the pestilence that spreads death in its march. That is, he can prevent its…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God protects the godly from deadly disease and even a destructive word.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. snares ... [and] ... noisome pestilence--literally, "plagues of mischiefs" (Psa 5:9; 52:7), are expressive figures for various evils.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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