Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Judah, may your brothers praise you. May your hand be in the neck of your enemies. May your father's sons bow before you.
New American Standard Bible
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
King James Version
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
Holman Bible
Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies;
your father’s sons will bow down to you.
International Standard Version
"Your brothers will praise you, Judah. Your hand will be at the throat of your enemies, and your father's children will bow down to you.
A Conservative Version
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.
American Standard Version
Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
Amplified
“Judah, you are the one whom your brothers shall praise;
Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;
Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
Bible in Basic English
To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.
Darby Translation
Judah as to thee, thy brethren will praise thee; Thy hand will be upon the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's children will bow down to thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Judah, thee, thee shall thy brethren praise; thy hand upon the back of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall worship before thee.
King James 2000
Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Judah, [as for] you, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand [shall be] on the neck of your enemies. The sons of your father shall bow down to you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, and thine hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies, and thy father's children shall stoop unto thee.
NET Bible
Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father's sons will bow down before you.
New Heart English Bible
"Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.
The Emphasized Bible
Judah, as for thee, thy brethren shall praise thee when thy hand is on the neck of thy foes, - The sons of thy father, shall bow them-selves down to thee:
Webster
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise; thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies: thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
World English Bible
"Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Judah! thou -- thy brethren praise thee! Thy hand is on the neck of thine enemies, Sons of thy father bow themselves to thee.
Themes
the First-born » Privileges of » Could be forfeited by misconduct
jacob » His final prophetic benedictions upon his sons » Judah
Judah » Son of jacob » Prophetic benediction of his father upon
The tribe of Judah » Predictions respecting
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 49:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jacob Blesses His Twelve Sons
7 Let their anger be cursed, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 8 Judah, may your brothers praise you. May your hand be in the neck of your enemies. May your father's sons bow before you. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp. My son, you have gone up from the prey. He stooped, he crouched like a lion; and like a lioness, who shall rouse him?
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 5:2
For Judah prevailed among his brothers, and from him came the chief ruler, but the birthright was Joseph's);
Genesis 27:29
Let people serve you, and let nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.
Hebrews 7:14
For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.
Genesis 29:35
And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, This time I will praise Jehovah. Therefore she called his name Judah, and quit bearing.
Deuteronomy 33:7
And this for Judah: And he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people. Let his hands be sufficient for him, and You shall be a help to him from his enemies.
Genesis 37:7-10
For behold! We were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and lo, my sheaf arose and also stood upright. And behold, your sheaves stood around and bowed down to my sheaf.
Genesis 42:6
And Joseph was the potentate over the land. He was the one selling to all the people of the earth. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down themselves before him, their faces to the earth.
Genesis 44:18-34
And Judah came near him and said, O my lord, pray let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not let your anger burn against your servant, for you are even as Pharaoh.
Genesis 46:12
And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah. But Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul.
Numbers 1:27
those numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand, six hundred.
Numbers 10:14
And at the front the sons of Judah pulled up the standard of the camp by their armies. And over his army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Numbers 26:22
these are the families of Judah by their numbered ones, seventy-six thousand and five hundred.
Joshua 10:24
And it happened, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel. And he said to the commanders of the men of war who had gone with him, Draw near, set your feet on the necks of these kings. And they drew near and put their feet on their necks.
Judges 1:1-2
And it happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked Jehovah, saying, Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?
Judges 20:18
And the sons of Israel rose and went up to the house of God and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the sons of Benjamin? And Jehovah said, Judah first.
2 Samuel 5:3
And all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. And King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah. And they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Samuel 22:41
You have also given me the necks of my enemies; I silenced those who hate me.
2 Samuel 24:9
And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand strong men who drew the sword. And the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
1 Kings 4:1-34
And King Solomon was king over all Israel.
1 Chronicles 12:1-40
And these were the ones who came to David to Ziklag, while banned from the face of Saul the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war,
2 Chronicles 11:12-17
And he put in each separate city shields and spears, and made them very strong, and Judah and Benjamin were his.
2 Chronicles 14:8
And Asa had an army which bore bucklers and spears, three hundred thousand out of Judah. And out of Benjamin there were two hundred and eighty thousand who bore shields and drew bows; all these mighty men of valor.
2 Chronicles 15:9
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon. For they fell to him out of Israel in great numbers, when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.
2 Chronicles 17:2
And he placed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set troops in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken.
2 Chronicles 17:14-16
And these were their numbers, for the house of their fathers from Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the chief, and with him were three hundred thousand mighty men of valor.
2 Chronicles 30:11
However, men from Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
Psalm 18:40-43
You have also given me the neck of my enemies; so that I might destroy those who hate me.
Psalm 76:1
To the Chief Musician. For stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. God is known in Judah, His name is great in Israel.
Psalm 78:68-71
but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.
Isaiah 9:7
There is no end of the increase of His government and peace on the throne of David, and on His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on, even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will do this.
Ezekiel 21:29
while they see false visions for you, while they divine a lie to you, to put you on the necks of the slain of the wicked whose day has come in the day of iniquity; it shall have an end.
Philippians 2:10-11
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly ones, and of earthly ones, and of ones under the earth;
Hebrews 10:13
from then on expecting until His enemies are made His footstool.
Revelation 5:5
And one of the elders said to me, Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to loose the seven seals of it.
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ. And He will reign forever and ever.