Psalm 23:4 {22:4}
Good News Translation
Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, LORD, for you are with me. Your shepherd's rod and staff protect me.

New Revised Standard Version
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me.

Contemporary English Version
I may walk through valleys as dark as death, but I won't be afraid. You are with me, and your shepherd's rod makes me feel safe.

New American 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 comfort me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me.

through

Psalm 44:19 And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.

Job 3:5 Let darkness, and the shadow of death, cover it, let a mist overspread it, and let it be wrapped up in bitterness.

Job 10:21,22 Before I go and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death: . . .

Job 24:17 If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.

Jeremiah 2:6 And they have not said: Where is the Lord, that made us come up out of the land of Egypt? that led us through the desert, through a land uninhabited and unpassable, through a land of drought, and the image of death, through a land wherein no man walked, nor any man dwelt?

Luke 1:79 To enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death: to direct our feet into the way of peace.

I will

Psalm 3:6 I will not fear thousands of the people surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.

Psalm 27:1-4 The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid? . . .

Psalm 46:1-3 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden. [2] Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly. . . .

Psalm 118:6 The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man can do unto me.

Psalm 138:7 If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with thee: turn not aside, for I am thy God: I have strengthened thee, and have helped thee, and the right hand of my just one hath upheld thee.

1 Corinthians 15:55-57 O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? . . .

for thou

Psalm 14:5 They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.

Psalm 46:11 The Lord of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our protector.

Isaiah 8:9,10 Gather yourselves together, O ye people, and be overcome, and give ear, all ye lands afar off: strengthen yourselves, and be overcome, gird yourselves, and be overcome. . . .

Isaiah 43:1,2 And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine. . . .

Zechariah 8:23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: In those days, wherein ten men of all languages of the Gentiles shall take hold, and shall hold fast the skirt of one that is a Jew, saying: We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

Matthew 1:23 Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

Acts 18:9,10 And the Lord said to Paul in the night, by a vision: Do not fear, but speak. And hold not thy peace, . . .

2 Timothy 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

thy rod

Psalm 110:2 The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

Micah 7:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy inheritance, them that dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in Basan and Galaad, according to the days of old.

Zechariah 11:10,14 And I took my rod that was called Beauty, and I cut it asunder to make void my covenant, which I had made with all people. . . .

Context
The LORD is My Shepherd
3He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice, for his own name's sake. 4For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me.5Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebreateth me, how goodly is it!…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:1
If thou go out to war against thy enemies, and see horsemen and chariots, and the numbers of the enemy's army greater than thine, thou shalt not fear them: because the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

2 Samuel 22:19
He prevented me in the day of my affliction, and the Lord became my stay.

Job 10:21
Before I go and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death:

Job 10:22
A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror dwelleth.

Psalm 3:6
I will not fear thousands of the people surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.

Psalm 16:8
I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.

Psalm 27:1
The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 44:19
And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.

Psalm 46:2
Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be troubled; and the mountains shall be removed into the heart of the sea.

Psalm 48:14
For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: he shall rule us for evermore.

Psalm 49:5
Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.

Psalm 71:21
Thou hast multiplied thy magnificence; and turning to me thou hast comforted me.

Psalm 91:5
His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.

Psalm 107:14
And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.

Psalm 118:6
The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man can do unto me.

Psalm 138:7
If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.

Proverbs 10:9
He that winketh with the eye, shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.

Isaiah 43:2
When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:

Jeremiah 38:28
But Jeremiah remained in the entry of the prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and it came to pass that Jerusalem was taken.

Micah 7:14
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy inheritance, them that dwell alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in Basan and Galaad, according to the days of old.

Psalm 23:3
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