Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
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Gill's Exposition
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness,.... Some think, and not without cause, that what is figuratively expressed in the preceding verse is here explained; and, indeed, the "pestilence" may…
Barnes' Notes
Nor for the pestilence - The plague or pestilence was common in Oriental countries. That walketh in darkness - Not that it particularly comes in the night, but that it seems to creep along as if in…
In these verses we have,
I. A great truth laid down in general, That all those who live a life of communion with God are constantly safe under his protection, and may therefore preserve a holy…
Cambridge Bible
Plague and Pestilence are personified as destroying angels. Cp. Isa 37:36.
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