Psalms 91 · Verse 13

Psalms 91:13

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Psalms 91:13, King James Version

Psalms 91:13 in other translations

BSBYou will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
WEBYou will tread on the lion and cobra. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
ASVThou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.
YLTOn lion and asp thou treadest, Thou trampest young lion and dragon.
DARBYThou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.
BBEYou will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the young lion and the great snake will be crushed under your feet.
WebsterThou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

What does Psalms 91:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. Even the fiercest, strongest, and most insidious animals may be trampled on with impunity.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Thou 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 die in about from three to eight hours; and it is said they die by sleep, without any kind of pain. Lord Bacon says the asp is less painful than all the other instruments of death. He supposes it to have an affinity to opium, but to be less disagreeable in its operation. It was probably an this account that Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, chose to die by the asp, as she was determined to prevent the designs of Augustus, who intended to have carried her captive to Rome to grace his triumph. The dragon shalt thou trample - The תנין tannin, which we translate dragon, means often any large aquatic animal; and perhaps here the crocodile or alligator.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 91:9-16

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…

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Psalms 91:13 in the original Hebrew

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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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Cross references for Psalms 91:13

  • Luke 10:19

    Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

  • Mark 16:18

    They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

  • Daniel 6:22

    My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that 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.

  • 1 Samuel 17:37

    David said moreover, The Lord 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 the Lord be with thee.

  • Judges 14:5-6

    Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. And the Spirit of the Lord 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.

  • Romans 16:20

    And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

  • Acts 28:3-6

    And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.

  • 2 Timothy 4:17

    Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

  • Revelation 20:1-2

    And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

  • Isaiah 27:1

    In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

  • Revelation 12:9

    And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

  • Job 5:23

    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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
tread.
Jud 14:5,6; Job 5:23; 1Sa 17:37; Da 6:22; 2Ti 4:17
adder. or, asp.
58:4; Mr 16:18; Ac 28:3-6; Ro 3:13; 16:20
the dragon.
Isa 27:1; Re 12:9; 20:1,2

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Context

  • Psalms 91:12

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

  • Psalms 91:13

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

  • Psalms 91:14

    Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

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Psalms 91:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Sobre el león y el basilisco pisarás; hollarás al cachorro del león y al dragón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu marcheras sur le lion et sur l’aspic, tu fouleras le lionceau et le dragon.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Auf Löwen und Ottern wirst du treten, junge Löwen und Schlangen wirst du niedertreten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Justus ut palma florebit; sicut cedrus Libani multiplicabitur.