Psalm 37:24
New International Version
though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

New Living Translation
Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the LORD holds them by the hand.

English Standard Version
though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand.

Berean Standard Bible
Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

King James Bible
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

New King James Version
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds him with His hand.

New American Standard Bible
When he falls, he will not be hurled down, Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand.

NASB 1995
When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand.

NASB 1977
When he falls, he shall not be hurled headlong; Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand.

Legacy Standard Bible
When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because Yahweh is the One who sustains his hand.

Amplified Bible
When he falls, he will not be hurled down, Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand and sustains him.

Christian Standard Bible
Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, because the LORD supports him with his hand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, because the LORD holds his hand.

American Standard Version
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For if he falls, he is not harmed, for LORD JEHOVAH holds his hand.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD will hold your hand, and if you stumble, you still won't fall.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.

English Revised Version
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When he falls, he will not be thrown down headfirst because the LORD holds on to his hand.

Good News Translation
If they fall, they will not stay down, because the LORD will help them up.

International Standard Version
Though he stumbles, he will not fall down flat, for the LORD will hold up his hand.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholdeth his hand.

Literal Standard Version
When he falls, he is not cast down, | For YHWH is sustaining his hand.

Majority Standard Bible
Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

New American Bible
May stumble, but he will never fall, for the LORD holds his hand.

NET Bible
Even if he trips, he will not fall headlong, for the LORD holds his hand.

New Revised Standard Version
though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the LORD holds us by the hand.

New Heart English Bible
Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for the LORD holds him up with his hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
Though he should fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

World English Bible
Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.

Young's Literal Translation
When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.

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Context
Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong
23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. 24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand. 25I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.…

Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:9
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

Psalm 20:8
They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

Psalm 54:4
Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.

Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

Psalm 119:116
Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Psalm 119:173
May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.

Psalm 145:14
The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.


Treasury of Scripture

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

Though

Psalm 34:19,20
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all…

Psalm 40:2
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Psalm 91:12
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

for

Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

Psalm 145:14
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

John 10:27-30
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: …

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Psalm 37
1. David persuades to patience and confidence in God,
12. by the different estate of the godly and the wicked














Verse 24. - Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down. "The difference," as Hengstenberg observes, "is that between misfortune or loss, and absolute ruin." The good man may be afflicted; he may even fall into some fault (Galatians 6:1) or grievous sin (2 Samuel 11:4); but so long as "the root of the matter is in him" (Job 19:28), God will not suffer him to be prostrated. For the Lord upholdeth him with his hand; literally, the Lord supports his hand. If he falls, God (as Luther says) "catches him by the hand, and raises him up again." So David had himself experienced (2 Samuel 12:13).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Though
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he falls,
יִפֹּ֥ל (yip·pōl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

he will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be overwhelmed,
יוּטָ֑ל (yū·ṭāl)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2904: To pitch over, reel, to cast down, out

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the LORD
יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is holding
סוֹמֵ֥ךְ (sō·w·mêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5564: To prop, to lean upon, take hold of

his hand.
יָדֽוֹ׃ (yā·ḏōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand


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