Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;
New American Standard Bible
And shot at him and harassed him;
King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Holman Bible
shot at him, and were hostile toward him.
International Standard Version
Even though enemies attacked him, shooting at him and pursuing him viciously,
A Conservative Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him,
American Standard Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecute him:
Amplified
“The [skilled] archers have bitterly attacked and provoked him;
They have shot [at him] and harassed him.
Bible in Basic English
He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:
Julia Smith Translation
This adversary will embitter him, and the lords of the arrows will lie in wait.
King James 2000
The archers have fiercely attacked him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Lexham Expanded Bible
{The archers} fiercely attacked him. They shot arrows [at him] and were hostile to him.
Modern King James verseion
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and an archer lurks for him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The shooters have envied him and chide with him and hated him,
NET Bible
The archers will attack him, they will shoot at him and oppose him.
New Heart English Bible
The archers have sorely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:
The Emphasized Bible
So they attack him and have shot, - So they enclose him, do the masters of arrows.
Webster
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
World English Bible
The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:
Youngs Literal Translation
And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;
Themes
jacob » His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons » Joseph
The tribe of Manasseh » Predictions respecting
Parents » Paternal blessings of » jacob
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 49:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Blesses His Twelve Sons
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by a well; His branches shoot over the wall. 23 The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him; 24 But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:
Cross References
Genesis 37:24
and they took him and cast him into the pit; now the pit was empty there was no water in it.
Genesis 37:28
And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.
Psalm 64:3
Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
Genesis 37:4
And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.
Genesis 37:18
And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.
Genesis 39:7-20
And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph, and said, Lie with me!
Genesis 42:21
Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.
Psalm 118:13
Thou hast thrust hard at me that I might fall; but Jehovah helped me.
John 16:33
These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world.
Acts 14:22
establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.