God’s Word Translation
Psalms 91:13
13You will step on lions and cobras. You will trample young lions and snakes.
Psalms 91:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
- New International Version (NIV)You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You will tread on the lion and the adder; the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
Context of Psalms 91:13
11He will put his angels in charge of you to protect you in all your ways. 12They will carry you in their hands so that you never hit your foot against a rock. You will step on lions and cobras. You will trample young lions and snakes. 14Because you love me, I will rescue you. I will protect you because you know my name. 15When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will save you and honor you.
Read all of Psalms 91Psalms 91:13 word by word
עַל־שַׁ֣חַל וָפֶ֣תֶן תִּדְרֹ֑ךְ תִּרְמֹ֖ס כְּפִ֣יר וְתַנִּֽין׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 91:13
- Judges 14:5Samson went with his father and mother to Timnah. When they were coming to the vineyards of Timnah, a young roaring lion met Samson.
- Job 5:23“You will have a binding agreement with the stones in the field, and wild animals will be at peace with you.
- 1 Samuel 17:37David added, “The Lord, who saved me from the lion and the bear, will save me from this Philistine.” “Go,” Saul told David, “and may the Lord be with you.”
- Daniel 6:22My God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths so that they couldn’t hurt me. He did this because he considered me innocent. Your Majesty, I haven’t committed any crime.”
- 2 Timothy 4:17However, the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that I could finish spreading the Good News for all the nations to hear. I was snatched out of a lion’s mouth.
- Psalms 58:4They have poisonous venom like snakes. They are like a deaf cobra that shuts its ears
- Mark 16:18They will pick up snakes, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them. They will place their hands on the sick and cure them.”
- Acts 28:3Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire. The heat forced a poisonous snake out of the brushwood. The snake bit Paul’s hand and wouldn’t let go.
- Romans 3:13Their throats are open graves. Their tongues practice deception. Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.
- Romans 16:20The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. May the good will of our Lord Jesus be with you!
- Isaiah 27:1On that day the Lord will use his fierce and powerful sword to punish Leviathan, that slippery snake, Leviathan, that twisting snake. He will kill that monster which lives in the sea.
- Revelation 12:9The huge serpent was thrown down. That ancient snake, named Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was thrown down to earth. Its angels were thrown down with it.
- Revelation 20:1I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key to the bottomless pit and a large chain in his hand.
Commentaries on Psalms 91:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder - Even the king of the forest shall not be able to injure thee; should one of these attack thee, the angels whom God sends will give thee an easy victory over him. And even the asp, (פתן pethen ), one of the most venomous of serpents, shall not be able to injure thee. The asp is a very small serpent, and peculiar to Egypt and Libya. Its poison kills without the possibility of a remedy. Those who are bitten by it…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder - Thou shalt be safe among dangers, as if the rage of the lion were restrained, and he became like a lamb, and as if the poisonous tooth of the serpent were extracted. Compare Mark 16:18. The word used here to denote the “lion” is a poetic term, not employed in prose. The word rendered “adder” is, in the margin, asp. The Hebrew word - פתן pethen - commonly means viper, asp, or adder. See Job 20:14, note; Job 20:16…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 Whatever happens, nothing shall hurt the believer; though trouble and affliction befal, it shall come, not for his hurt, but for good, though for the present it be not joyous but grievous. Those who rightly know God, will set their love upon him. They by prayer constantly call upon him. His promise is, that he will in due time deliver the believer out of trouble, and in the mean time be with him in trouble. The Lord will manage all his worldly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-13The poet again invites the godly to seek refuge in the Lord and enjoy the benefits of divine protection.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Even the fiercest, strongest, and most insidious animals may be trampled on with impunity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 91
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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