Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Issachar, an ass of strength, - couching between the pens;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Holman Bible
lying down between the saddlebags.
International Standard Version
"Issachar is a strong donkey, resting between sheepfolds.
A Conservative Version
Issachar is a strong donkey, couching down between the sheepfolds.
American Standard Version
Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:
Amplified
“Issachar is [like] a strong-boned donkey,
Crouching down between the sheepfolds.
Bible in Basic English
Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks:
Darby Translation
Issachar is a bony ass, Crouching down between two hurdles.
Julia Smith Translation
Issachar, an ass; a heap of bone lying down in the midst of the tribes.
King James 2000
Issachar is a strong donkey crouching down between two burdens:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Issachar [is] a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds.
Modern King James verseion
Issachar is a strong ass crouching down between the sheepfolds.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Issachar is a strong ass, he couched him down between two borders,
NET Bible
Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags.
New Heart English Bible
"Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
Webster
Issachar is a strong ass, couching down between two burdens:
World English Bible
"Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
Youngs Literal Translation
Issacher is a strong ass, Crouching between the two folds;
Themes
Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Fond of ease
Domestic Donkeys » Described as » Strong
Issachar » A son of jacob » Jacob's prophetic benedictions upon
The tribe of issachar » Predictions respecting
jacob » His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons » Issachar
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 49:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Blesses His Twelve Sons
13 Zebulon, by a haven of seas, shall he settle down, - Even he, by a haven of ships, With his utmost part upon b Zidon. 14 Issachar, an ass of strength, - couching between the pens; 15 Then beholdeth he rest, that it is good, And the ground that it is pleasant, - So he bendeth his shoulder to bear, And becometh a tributary servant.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 30:18
Then said Leah. God hath given my hire, in that I gave my handmaid to my husband. So she called his name, Issachar.
1 Chronicles 12:32
And, of the sons of Issachar, such as were of good understanding of the times, to know what Israel, should do, their chiefs, were two hundred, and, all their brethren, were at their bidding.
Deuteronomy 33:18
And, of Zebulun, he said, Rejoice, Zebulun in thy going out, - And thou , Issachar in thy tents:
Joshua 19:17-23
For Issachar, came out the fourth lot, - for the sons of Issachar, by their families.
Judges 5:15-16
And, my princes in Issachar, were with Deborah, yea, Issachar, was the support of Barak, Into the vale rushed they forth at his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben, great were the resolves of the heart:
Judges 10:1
And there arose, after Abimelech, to save Israel - Tola son of Puah son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, - and, he, used to sit in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim;