Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;
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:
Darby Translation
The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated 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:
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 son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall; 23 And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers; 24 And his bow abideth in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Whence is a shepherd, a son of Israel.
Cross References
Genesis 37:24
and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it.
Genesis 37:28
And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.
Psalm 64:3
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
Genesis 37:4
and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak to him peaceably.
Genesis 37:18
And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.
Genesis 39:7-20
And it cometh to pass after these things, that his lord's wife lifteth up her eyes unto Joseph, and saith, 'Lie with me;'
Genesis 42:21
And they say one unto another, 'Verily we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'
Psalm 118:13
Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me.
John 16:33
these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,