Psalms 91:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They shall bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם יִשָּׂא֑וּנְךָ פֶּן־תִּגֹּ֖ף בָּאֶ֣בֶן רַגְלֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

Upon kappayim yiśśāʾûnĕkā, lest tiggōp on ʾeben raglekā.

Grammar Details

*kappayim*: feminine dual noun - palms/hands
*yiśśāʾûnĕkā*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they will lift you
*tiggōp*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you strike
*ʾeben*: feminine singular noun - stone
*raglekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your foot

Word Meanings

*kappayim*: palms/hands/open hands
*yiśśāʾûnĕkā*: they will lift you/they will bear you up/they will carry you
*tiggōp*: you strike/you dash/you hit
*ʾeben*: stone/rock
*raglekā*: your foot

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.
Prov 3:23 : 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble.
Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Matt 4:6 : 6 and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Luke 4:11 : 11 and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Isa 46:3 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;
Job 5:23 : 23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

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