Psalms 37:24

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

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

Hebrew Names Version
Though he stumble, he shall not fall, For the LORD holds him up with his hand.

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

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

New Century Version
If they stumble, they will not fall, because the Lord holds their hand.

New English Translation
Even if he trips, he will not fall headlong, for the Lord holds 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.

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

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
Though he fall, hee shall not be cast off: for the Lord putteth vnder his hand.

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

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
He may stumble, but he won't fall headlong, for Adonai holds him by the hand.

Darby Translation
though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for Jehovah upholdeth his hand.

Easy-to-Read Version
If they stumble, they will not fall, because the Lord reaches out to steady them.

George Lamsa Translation
Though he fall, he shall not be hurt; for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

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

Lexham English Bible
Though he fall, he will not be cast headlong, for Yahweh supports him with his hand.

Literal Translation
Though he falls, he is not cast down; for Jehovah upholds his hand.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Though he fall, he shal not be hurte, for the LORDE vpholdeth him wt his hade.

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

Bible in Basic English
Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the LORD upholdeth his hand.

King James Version (1611)
Though hee fall, he shall not be vtterly cast downe: for the Lord vpholdeth him with his hand.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Though he fall, he shall not be vndone: for God vpholdeth him with his hande.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whanne he fallith, he schal not be hurtlid doun; for the Lord vndursettith his hond.

Update Bible Version
Though he falls, he shall not be completely cast down; For Yahweh upholds him 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.

New King James Version
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; 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.

New Life Bible
When he falls, he will not be thrown down, because the Lord holds his hand.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Though he fall, he shall not be hurled headlong, For, Yahweh, is holding his hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(36-24) When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.

Revised Standard Version
though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD is the stay of his hand.

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

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.

Contextual Overview

²¹Wicked borrows and never returns; Righteous gives and gives. Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass. ²³Stalwart walks in step with God ; his path blazed by God , he's happy. If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand. ²⁵I once was young, now I'm a graybeard— not once have I seen an abandoned believer, or his kids out roaming the streets. Every day he's out giving and lending, his children making him proud. ²⁷Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don't quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and you've got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out. The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots. Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. His heart pumps God's Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat's. Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, he's out for the kill. God , alert, is also on watch— Wicked won't hurt a hair of his head. Wait passionately for God , don't leave the path. He'll give you your place in the sun while you watch the wicked lose it. I saw Wicked bloated like a toad, croaking pretentious nonsense. The next time I looked there was nothing— a punctured bladder, vapid and limp. Keep your eye on the healthy soul, scrutinize the straight life; There's a future in strenuous wholeness. But the willful will soon be discarded; insolent souls are on a dead-end street. The spacious, free life is from God , it's also protected and safe. God -strengthened, we're delivered from evil— when we run to him, he saves us. ²⁹class="psalm-title"> A David Psalm Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun. Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. Keep company with God , get in on the best. Open up before God , keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done: He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon. Quiet down before God , be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top. Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes—it only makes things worse. Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God -investors will soon own the store. Before you know it, the wicked will have had it; you'll stare at his once famous place and—nothing! Down-to-earth people will move in and take over, relishing a huge bonanza. Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in. But God isn't losing any sleep; to him they're a joke with no punch line. Bullies brandish their swords, pull back on their bows with a flourish. They're out to beat up on the harmless, or mug that nice man out walking his dog. A banana peel lands them flat on their faces— slapstick figures in a moral circus. Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God -strong. God keeps track of the decent folk; what they do won't soon be forgotten. In hard times, they'll hold their heads high; when the shelves are bare, they'll be full. God-despisers have had it; God 's enemies are finished— Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air. Wicked borrows and never returns; Righteous gives and gives. Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass. Stalwart walks in step with God ; his path blazed by God , he's happy. If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand. I once was young, now I'm a graybeard— not once have I seen an abandoned believer, or his kids out roaming the streets. Every day he's out giving and lending, his children making him proud. Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don't quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and you've got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out. The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots. ³⁰Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue. His heart pumps God's Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat's. ³²Wicked sets a watch for Righteous, he's out for the kill. God , alert, is also on watch— Wicked won't hurt a hair of his head.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Though: Psalms 34:19, Psalms 34:20, Psalms 40:2, Psalms 91:12, Psalms 94:18, Psalms 145:14, Proverbs 24:16, Micah 7:7, Micah 7:8, Luke 2:34, Luke 22:31, Luke 22:32, Luke 22:60-62

for: Psalms 37:17, Psalms 145:14, John 10:27-30

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:9 - will keep 1 Samuel 29:10 - General Job 8:20 - God Psalms 25:10 - the paths Psalms 55:22 - suffer Psalms 62:2 - I shall Psalms 63:8 - thy Psalms 66:9 - suffereth Psalms 73:18 - thou castedst Psalms 73:23 - thou hast Psalms 77:7 - the Lord Psalms 116:8 - and my feet Psalms 119:116 - Uphold Proverbs 2:8 - and Proverbs 3:23 - General Isaiah 41:10 - I will uphold Romans 14:4 - he shall 2 Corinthians 1:21 - stablisheth 2 Corinthians 4:9 - cast 1 Peter 1:5 - kept 2 Peter 1:10 - never

Cross-References

Genesis 37:1
Meanwhile Jacob had settled down where his father had lived, the land of Canaan.

Genesis 37:2
This is the story of Jacob. The story continues with Joseph, seventeen years old at the time, helping out his brothers in herding the flocks. These were his half brothers actually, the sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah. And Joseph brought his father bad reports on them.

Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malkijah the king's son that was in the courtyard of the palace guard. They lowered him down with ropes. There wasn't any water in the cistern, only mud. Jeremiah sank into the mud.

Lamentations 4:20
Our king, our life's breath, the anointed of God , was caught in their traps— Our king under whose protection we always said we'd live.

Zechariah 9:11
"And you, because of my blood covenant with you, I'll release your prisoners from their hopeless cells. Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I'm declaring a double bonus— everything you lost returned twice-over! Judah is now my weapon, the bow I'll pull, setting Ephraim as an arrow to the string. I'll wake up your sons, O Zion, to counter your sons, O Greece. From now on people are my swords."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Though he fall,.... Into temptation, and by it into sins, and these very great ones; from a lively and comfortable exercise of grace, and a degree of steadfastness in the doctrine of grace:

he shall not be utterly cast down; because he is in the arms of everlasting love, and in the hands of Christ Jesus; is on him as the sure foundation, and is kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, and so shall not perish, but have everlasting life;

for the Lord upholdeth [him with] his hand; with the right hand of his righteousness, and keeps him from falling finally and totally; see

Isaiah 41:10; and

Isaiah 41:10- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though he fall - That is, though he is sometimes disappointed; though he is not always successful; though he may be unfortunate - yet this will not be final ruin. The word here does not refer to his falling into “sin,” but into misfortune, disappointment, reverses, calamities. The image is that of a man who is walking along on a journey, but who stumbles, or fails to the earth - a representation of one who is not always successful, but who finds disappointment spring up in his path.

He shall not be utterly cast down - The word used here - טול ṭûl - means to “throw down at full length, to prostrate;” then, “to cast out, to throw away.” Compare Isaiah 22:17; Jeremiah 16:13; Jeremiah 22:26; Jonah 1:5, Jonah 1:15. Here it means that he would not be “utterly” and “finally” prostrated; he would not fall so that he could not rise again. The calamity would be temporary, and there would be ultimate prosperity.

For the Lord upholdeth him with his hand - It is by no power of his own that he is recovered, but it is because, even when he falls, he is held up by an invisible hand. God will not suffer him to sink to utter ruin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 37:24. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down — The original is short and emphatic כי יפל לא יוטל ki yippol, lo yutal, which the Chaldee translates, "Though he should fall into sickness, he shall not die;" for which the reason is given, because the Lord sustains by his hand. Though he may for a time fall under the power of his adversaries, as the Jews have done under the Babylonish captivity, he shall not be forsaken. The right hand of God shall sustain him in his afflictions and distresses; and at last God will give him a happy issue out of them all. Neither the text nor any of the Versions intimate that a falling into sin is meant; but a falling into trouble, difficulty, &c.