Psalm 91:10

Psalm 91:10

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

a. NLT: no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home.

b. NIV: no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent.

c. Amplified Bible: There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.

d. Septuagint: No evils shall come upon thee, and no scourge shall draw night to the dwelling.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: No evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent.

1. “There shall no evil befall thee…”

a. evil [7451 * ra’][Strong: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):-- adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).]

b. befall [579 * ‘anah][Strong: to approach; hence, to meet in various senses:--befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.]

c. [Thomas Watson] God doth not say no afflictions shall befall us, but no evil.

1). Everything in this verse is a result of us making the LORD our habitation. The Bible says in the Old Testament and in the New Testament that afflictions will come to the believer.

a). Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

b). Mark 4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

2. “…neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.”

a. plague [5061 * nega’][Gesenius:  stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot, stroke, wound, stroke (metaphorical of disease), mark (of leprosy).]

b. come nigh [7126 * qarab][Gesenius: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near, to approach, draw near, to be brought near, to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near, to bring near, bring, present.]

      c. dwelling [168 * ‘ohel][Gesenius:  tent, nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life,               transience, dwelling, home, habitation, the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)]