KJV King James Version
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
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Deuteronomy 33:9
Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
WEB World English Bible
who said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him;’ Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know his own children: For they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
ASV American Standard Version
Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 33
6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few.
7 And this [is the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help [to him] from his enemies.
8 And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim and thy Urim [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, [and with] whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
12 [And] of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; [and the LORD] shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
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הָאֹמֵ֞רH559 · a.marto sayלְאָבִ֤יוH1 · avfatherוּלְאִמּוֹ֙H517 · emmotherלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotרְאִיתִ֔יוH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֶחָיו֙H251 · achbrother: male-siblingלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotהִכִּ֔ירH5234 · na.kharto recognizeוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בָּנָ֖יוH1121 · benson: childלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיָדָ֑עH3045 · ya.dato knowכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforשָֽׁמְרוּ֙H8104 · sha.marto keep: obeyאִמְרָתֶ֔ךָH565 · im.rahwordוּבְרִֽיתְךָ֖H1285 · be.ritcovenantיִנְצֹֽרוּ׃H5341 · na.tsarto watch
Cross-references
Exodus 32:25-29And when Moses saw that the people [were] naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:)Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.Jeremiah 18:18Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.Leviticus 21:11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;Luke 14:26If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.Matthew 12:48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?Leviticus 10:6And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.Malachi 2:5-7My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him [for] the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.2 Corinthians 5:16Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more.1 Chronicles 17:17And [yet] this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.Matthew 22:16And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men.Galatians 1:10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.Job 37:24Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart.1 Thessalonians 2:4But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.1 Timothy 5:21I charge [thee] before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
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