Psalms 91:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־שַׁ֣חַל וָפֶ֣תֶן תִּדְרֹ֑ךְ תִּרְמֹ֖ס כְּפִ֣יר וְתַנִּֽין׃

Transliteration

Upon šaḥal and peten tidrōk; tirmōs kĕpîr and tannîn.

Grammar Details

*šaḥal*: masculine singular noun - lion
*peten*: masculine singular noun - cobra/venomous snake
*tidrōk*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will tread
*tirmōs*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will trample
*kĕpîr*: masculine singular noun - young lion
*tannîn*: masculine singular noun - serpent/dragon

Word Meanings

*šaḥal*: lion/fierce lion
*peten*: cobra/venomous snake/asp
*tidrōk*: you will tread/you will walk/you will step
*tirmōs*: you will trample/you will crush/you will tread down
*kĕpîr*: young lion/strong lion
*tannîn*: serpent/dragon/sea monster

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Referenced Verses

Luke 10:19 : 19 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.
Dan 6:22 : 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
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.
1 Sam 17:37 : 37 And David said, Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee.
Rom 3:13 : 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:
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.
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.
Judg 14:5-6 : 5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. 6 And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid; and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
Acts 28:3-6 : 3 But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out by reason of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live. 5 Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm. 6 But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss came to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might me fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Rev 20:1-2 : 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
Ps 58:4 : 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

Similar Verses (AI)

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19Behold, 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.
Job 28:8
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Jer 8:17
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Mic 7:17
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