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You Are My Refuge and My Fortress

Psalms 91:12

In 11 translations

BSB
They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.Cited in Matthew 4:6 and Luke 4:10–11
KJV
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
WEB
They will bear you up in their hands, so that you won’t dash your foot against a stone.
ASV
They shall bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
LSV
On the hands they bear you up, || Lest you strike your foot against a stone.
YLT
On the hands they bear thee up, Lest thou smite against a stone thy foot.
DBY
They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
DRC90:12
In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
GNV
They shall beare thee in their handes, that thou hurt not thy foote against a stone.
JPS
They shall bear thee upon their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
LXXE90:12
They shall bear thee up on their hands, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

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Original-language editions

WLC
עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם יִשָּׂא֑וּנְךָ פֶּן־תִּגֹּ֖ף בָּאֶ֣בֶן רַגְלֶֽךָ׃
LXX-Br90:12
Ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἀροῦσί σε, μή ποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
  • Proverbs 3:23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
  • Luke 4:11and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
  • Isaiah 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
  • Matthew 4:6“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a…
  • Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
  • Job 5:23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 90:12 in some Bibles
  • 91:12 in most Bibles

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