Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Let Reuben live, and not die, nor let his men be few.

New American Standard Bible

May Reuben live and not die,
Nor his men be few.”

King James Version

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

Holman Bible

Let Reuben live and not die
though his people become few.

International Standard Version

"May Reuben live and not die, though his numbers are few."

American Standard Version

Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

Amplified


“May [the tribe of] Reuben live and not die out,
But let his men be few.”

Bible in Basic English

Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.

Darby Translation

Let Reuben live, and not die; And let his men be few.

Julia Smith Translation

Reuben shall live and shall not die; and his men shall be of number.

King James 2000

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"May Reuben live, and may he not die, {and let his number not be few}."

Modern King James verseion

Let Reuben live and not die, and let not his men be few.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Reuben shall live and shall not die: but his people shall be few in number. This is the blessing of Judah."

NET Bible

May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.

New Heart English Bible

"Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few."

The Emphasized Bible

Let Reuben live and not die, - Nor his men he easily counted.

Webster

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

World English Bible

"Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few."

Youngs Literal Translation

Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ראוּבן 
R@'uwben 
Usage: 72

חיה 
Chayah 
Usage: 264

and not die
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

and let not his men
מת 
Math 
Usage: 21

References

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Blessing On Reuben

5 And he was king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. 6 Let Reuben live, and not die, nor let his men be few. 7 And this [is] of Judah: And he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him into his people. With his hands he contended for himself, and thou shall be a help against his adversaries.



Cross References

Genesis 49:3-4

Reuben, thou are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.

Genesis 49:8

Judah, thy brothers shall praise thee. Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies. Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.

Numbers 32:31-32

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, As LORD has said to thy servants, so we will do.

Joshua 22:1-9

Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

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