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Psalms 91:7

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

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יִפֹּ֤לyipolfallנָפַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fall”, an unfinished actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…מִצִּדְּךָ֨mitsidkhafrom sideצַדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from side”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6654a side; figuratively, an adversary(be-) side.אֶ֗לֶףelefthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.וּרְבָבָ֥הurevavahand manyרְבָבָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and many”, the ordinary formH7233abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)many, million, [idiom] multiply, ten thousand.מִימִינֶ֑ךָmiminekhafrom rightיָמִיןpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from right”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south[phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָeleykhaamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).לֹ֣אlono , -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…יִגָּֽשׁyigashbringנָגַשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring”, an unfinished actionH5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back(make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A thousand may fall at Thy side, and ten thousand at Thy right hand; it shall not come nigh thee.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; But it shall not come nigh thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh.

World English Bible

A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

Darby Translation

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.

Douay-Rheims

The senseless man shall not know: nor will the fool understand these things.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)