Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.
New American Standard Bible
Nor his men be few.”
King James Version
Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
Holman Bible
though his people become few.
International Standard Version
"May Reuben live and not die, though his numbers are few."
A Conservative Version
Let Reuben live, and not die, nor let his men be 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,
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."
Themes
intercession » Additional instances of » moses » For israel
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 33:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessing On Reuben
5 And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel! 6 Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number. 7 And this is for Judah; and he saith: -- Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And unto his people do Thou bring him in; His hand hath striven for him, And an help from his adversaries art Thou.
Cross References
Genesis 49:3-4
Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;
Genesis 49:8
Judah! thou -- thy brethren praise thee! Thy hand is on the neck of thine enemies, Sons of thy father bow themselves to thee.
Numbers 32:31-32
And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, 'That which Jehovah hath spoken unto thy servants -- so we do;
Joshua 22:1-9
Then Joshua calleth for the Reubenite, and for the Gadite, and for the half of the tribe of Manasseh,