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Luke 10:19

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10:19Look, I have given you authority to tread60 on snakes and scorpions61 and on the full force of the enemy,62 and nothing will63 hurt you.

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  1. 60 Or perhaps, “trample on” (which emphasizes the impact of the feet on the snakes). See L&N 15.226.
  2. 61 Snakes and scorpions are examples of the hostility in the creation that is defeated by Jesus. The use of battle imagery shows who the kingdom fights against. See Acts 28:3–6.
  3. 62 Or “I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and [authority] over the full force of the enemy.” The second prepositional phrase can be taken either as modifying the infinitive πατεῖν (patein, “to tread”) or the noun ἐξουσίαν (exousian, “power”). The former is to be preferred and has been represented in the translation. The enemy is a reference to Satan (mentioned in v. 18).
  4. 63 This is an emphatic double negative in the Greek text.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing at all will harm you.

NLTNew Living Translation

Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Behold, I have given you the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will ever harm you.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.