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Psalms 91:12

91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.

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

They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. adder: or, asp

What does Psalms 91:12 mean?

Psalms 91:12 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ), כַּף (kaph), נָגַף (nâgaph).

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They
shall
bear
thee
upנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
in
their
hands,כַּףkaph/kaf/H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
lest
thou
dashנָגַףnâgaph/naw-gaf'/H5062to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
thy
footרֶגֶלregel/reh'-gel/H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
against
a
stone.אֶבֶןʼeben/eh'-ben/H68a stone

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 91:12.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. pulled: Heb. caused her to come

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Joshua 4:3

And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

Joshua 4:9

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

Malachi 4:3

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 14:12

And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

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What does Psalms 91:12 say?

Psalms 91:12 (King James Version) reads: "They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone."

Is Psalms 91:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 91:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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