Psalm 91:5
New International Version
You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

New Living Translation
Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day.

English Standard Version
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

Berean Standard Bible
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

King James Bible
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

New King James Version
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

New American Standard Bible
You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day;

NASB 1995
You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day;

NASB 1977
You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day;

Legacy Standard Bible
You will not be afraid of terror by night, Or arrow that flies by day;

Amplified Bible
You will not be afraid of the terror of night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

Christian Standard Bible
You will not fear the terror of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will not fear the terror of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

American Standard Version
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
You shall not be afraid of the dread of the night or of the arrow that flies by day,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; nor of the arrow flying by day;

Contemporary English Version
You won't need to worry about dangers at night or arrows during the day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You do not need to fear terrors of the night, arrows that fly during the day,

Good News Translation
You need not fear any dangers at night or sudden attacks during the day

International Standard Version
You need not fear terror that stalks in the night, the arrow that flies in the day,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flieth by day;

Literal Standard Version
You are not afraid of fear by night, | Of arrow that flies by day,

Majority Standard Bible
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

New American Bible
You shall not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day,

NET Bible
You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

New Revised Standard Version
You will not fear the terror of the night, or the arrow that flies by day,

New Heart English Bible
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day;

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

World English Bible
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

Young's Literal Translation
Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of arrow that flieth by day,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
My Refuge and Fortress
4He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart. 5You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.…

Cross References
Job 5:19
He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

Job 5:21
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.

Psalm 23:4
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.

Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my salvation--whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life--whom shall I dread?

Psalm 64:4
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

Psalm 121:6
The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

Proverbs 3:25
Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,


Treasury of Scripture

You shall not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day;

thou

Psalm 3:6
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

Psalm 27:1-3
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? …

Psalm 46:2
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

terror

Psalm 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

Job 4:13-15
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, …

nor

Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Lamentations 3:12,13
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow…

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1. The state of the godly
3. Their safety
9. Their habitation
11. Their servants
14. Their friend; with the effects of them all.














(5) Terror by night.--Possibly a night attack by an enemy. (Comp. Song of Solomon 3:8; Proverbs 3:23-26.) Comp. Milton:

"To bless the doors from nightly harm."

In this case the arrow flying by day would refer to dangers of actual battle. But it is quite possible that the latter may be merely the Oriental expression for the pestilence, since it is still so called by Arabians. "I desired to remove to a less contagious air. I received from Solyman the emperor this message: that the emperor wondered what I meant in desiring to remove my habitation. Is not the pestilence God's arrow, which will always hit his mark?"--Quoted in Spurgeon's Treasury of David, from Busbequin's Travels.

Verse 5. - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night. Robbers constituted the chief "terror by night" (see Job 24:14-16; Jeremiah 49:9; Obadiah 1:5); but night attacks on the part of a foreign enemy were not uncommon (Song of Solomon 3:8; Isaiah 15:1). Nor for the arrow that fleth by day. Open war is probably intended, not sirocco, or pestilence, or "the arrows of the Almighty" (Job 6:4). The man who trusts in God will be specially protected in the peril of battle.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You will not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

fear
תִ֭ירָא (ṯî·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

the terror
מִפַּ֣חַד (mip·pa·ḥaḏ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6343: A, alarm

of the night,
לָ֑יְלָה (lā·yə·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

or the arrow
מֵ֝חֵ֗ץ (mê·ḥêṣ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

that flies
יָע֥וּף (yā·‘ūp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint

by day,
יוֹמָֽם׃ (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's 3119: Daytime, by day


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