King James Version

Psalms 91:5

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

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לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תִ֭ירָאtirafearיָרֵאverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “fear”, an unfinished actionH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).מִפַּ֣חַדmipachadfrom dreadפַּחַדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from dread”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6343a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnightלַיִלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).מֵ֝חֵ֗ץmechetsfrom arrowחֵץpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from arrow”, the ordinary formH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.יָע֥וּףyaufflyעוּףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fly”, an unfinished actionH5774to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), [idiom] set, shine forth, weary.יוֹמָֽםyomamdailyיוֹמָםadverb — “daily”H3119dailydaily, (by, in the) day(-time).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flieth by day;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou art not afraid of fear by night, Of 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,

Darby Translation

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, for the arrow that flieth by day,

Douay-Rheims

For thou hast given me, O Lord, a delight in thy doings: and in the works of thy hands I shall rejoice.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flieth by day;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐ φοβηθήσῃ ἀπὸ φόβου νυκτερινοῦ, ἀπὸ βέλους πετομένου ἡμέρας,