11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 118:6
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Psalm 118:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- KJV King James Version
- The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- ASV American Standard Version
- Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me?
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- YHWH [is] for me, || I do not fear what man does to me.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord is with me, so I have nothing to fear. No one can harm me.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Jehovah [is] for me, I do not fear what man doth to me.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do unto me?
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me?
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The LORD is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 117:6 in this edition
- The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man can do unto me.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | The LORD [is] | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| לִ֭י | lî | on my side | H9005 ל to/for |
| לֹ֣א | lō | I will not | H3808 לֹא not |
| אִירָ֑א | ’î·rā | be afraid | H3372 יָרֵא to fear |
| מַה־ | mah- | What | H4100 מָה what? |
| יַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה | ya·‘ă·śeh | do | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| לִ֣י | lî | to me | H9005 ל to/for |
| אָדָֽם׃ | ’ā·ḏām | can man | H120 אָדָם man |
Related verses
- Hebrews 13:6
So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Psalm 56:4
In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalm 56:11
I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Micah 7:8–10
Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness. Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
- Psalm 27:1–3
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
- Psalm 56:9
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 20:11
But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.
- Isaiah 51:12
“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass?
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.
5 Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
6 Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
7 Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
8 It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
Read all of Psalm 118 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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