KJV King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:
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Genesis 49:23
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
WEB World English Bible
The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:
ASV American Standard Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And embitter him—yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;
Surrounding context — Genesis 49
20 Out of Asher his bread [shall be] fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22 Joseph [is] a fruitful bough, [even] a fruitful bough by a well; [whose] branches run over the wall:
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25 [Even] by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
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Genesis 37:24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.Psalm 118:13Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.Genesis 37:28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.Genesis 37:4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.Psalm 64:3Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:Genesis 39:7-20And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.Acts 14:22Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.Genesis 37:18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.Genesis 42:21And they said one to another, We [are] verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
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