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Proverbs 3:24–26

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24When you lie down,k you will not be afraid;l

when you lie down, your sleepm will be sweet.

25Have no fear of sudden disaster

or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

26for the Lord will be at your siden

and will keep your footo from being snared.p

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Proverbs 3:26: for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.

Cross references

  1. kSee Lev 26:6
  2. lPs 91:5; 112:8
  3. mSee Job 11:18; Jer 31:26
  4. nSee 2 Ki 18:5; See Job 4:6
  5. oSee 1 Sa 2:9
  6. pSee Job 5:19

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If you lie down, you will not be afraid;

when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Do not be afraid of sudden terror

or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes,

for the Lord will be your confidence

and will keep your foot from being caught.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When you lie down, you will not be afraid;

you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.

Don’t fear sudden danger

or the ruin of the wicked when it comes,

for the Lord will be your confidence

and will keep your foot from a snare.

NLTNew Living Translation

You can go to bed without fear;

you will lie down and sleep soundly.

You need not be afraid of sudden disaster

or the destruction that comes upon the wicked,

for the Lord is your security.

He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If you sit down, you will not panic,

and if you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.

Do not be afraid of sudden panic,

or the storm of wickedness that will come.

Yahweh will be your confidence

and guard your foot from capture.

KJV 1900King James Version

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:

Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Be not afraid of sudden fear,

Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

For the Lord shall be thy confidence,

And shall keep thy foot from being taken.