Luke 10:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing {G3756} shall in any wise hurt you.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἰδού, δίδωμι ὑμῖν τὴν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ πατεῖν ἐπάνω ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ: καὶ οὐδὲν ὑμᾶς οὐ μὴ ἀδικήσει.

Transliteration

Idou, didōmi to you the exousian tou patein epanō opheōn and skorpiōn, and epi pasan the dynamin tou echthrou: and ouden you ou mē adikēsei.

Grammar Details

*Idou*: aorist middle imperative used as interjection - behold/look/see
*didōmi*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I give/grant
*exousian*: accusative, feminine, singular - authority/power
*tou patein*: articular infinitive, genitive - of trampling/treading
*epanō*: preposition + genitive - over/above
*opheōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - serpents
*skorpiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - scorpions
*epi*: preposition + accusative - over/against
*pasan*: accusative, feminine, singular - all/every
*dynamin*: accusative, feminine, singular - power/might
*echthrou*: genitive, masculine, singular - enemy
*ouden*: accusative, neuter, singular - nothing
*ou mē*: emphatic negation - by no means/never
*adikēsei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - will harm/injure

Word Meanings

*didōmi*: I give/grant/entrust
*exousian*: authority/power/right
*patein*: trampling/treading/stepping on
*opheōn*: serpents/snakes
*skorpiōn*: scorpions
*dynamin*: power/might/strength/ability
*echthrou*: enemy/opponent/adversary
*adikēsei*: will harm/injure/hurt/wrong

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mark 16:18 : 18 they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Ps 91:13 : 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.
Acts 28:5 : 5 Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.
Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet {G1722} shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Luke 21:17-18 : 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 18 And not a hair of your head shall perish.
Rev 11:5 : 5 And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed.
Ezek 2:6 : 6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee. 6 So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; {G2532} I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?
Rom 8:31-39 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth; 34 who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Isa 11:8 : 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

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