VERSE STUDY • KJV

Genesis 49:17

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

Read it in 5 translations

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.

Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse’s heels, And its rider falleth backward.

14 Issachar [is] a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

15 And he saw that rest [was] good, and the land that [it was] pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.

20 Out of Asher his bread [shall be] fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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