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Psalms 91:13

You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.

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ASV

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

KJV

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
שַׁ֣חַלSha.chala lionH7826 →
וָפֶ֣תֶןva.Fe.tenand a cobraH6620 →
תִּדְרֹ֑ךְtid.Rokhyou will treadH1869 →
תִּרְמֹ֖סtir.Mosyou will trampleH7429 →
כְּפִ֣ירke.Fira young lionH3715 →
וְתַנִּֽין׃ve.ta.Ninand a serpentH8577 →

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Luke 10:19Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.Daniel 6:22My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”Mark 16:18they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”1 Samuel 17:37David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”Romans 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.Judges 14:5–6Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him,2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.Acts 28:3–6Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.Revelation 20:1–2Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.Job 5:23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.Psalms 58:4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”Job 5:22You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.Acts 28:5But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.Psalms 44:5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.Malachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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