King James Version
Psalms 91:12 in the King James Version says “They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 91 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.”
Psalms 91:12 · KJV
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
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.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. adder: or, asp
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in their hands”
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-
“They shall bear thee up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“thy foot”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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