Genesis 49:5-7
American Standard Version
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren;
Weapons of violence are their [a]swords.
6 O my soul, come not thou into their [b]council;
Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united;
For in their anger they slew [c]a man,
And in their self-will they hocked [d]an ox.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;
And their wrath, for it was cruel:
I will divide them in Jacob,
And scatter them in Israel.
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:5 Or, compacts
- Genesis 49:6 Or, secret
- Genesis 49:6 Or, men
- Genesis 49:6 Or, oxen
Genesis 49:5-7
New International Version
5 “Simeon(A) and Levi(B) are brothers—
their swords[a] are weapons of violence.(C)
6 Let me not enter their council,
let me not join their assembly,(D)
for they have killed men in their anger(E)
and hamstrung(F) oxen as they pleased.
7 Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
and their fury,(G) so cruel!(H)
I will scatter them in Jacob
and disperse them in Israel.(I)
Footnotes
- Genesis 49:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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