KJV King James Version
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
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Genesis 49:6
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
WEB World English Bible
My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
ASV American Standard Version
O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Into their secret, come not, O my soul! Unto their assembly be not united, O mine honour; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will eradicated a prince.
Surrounding context — Genesis 49
3 Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my couch.
5 Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.
6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
7 Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 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.
9 Judah [is] a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בְּסֹדָם֙H5475 · sodcounselאַל־H408 · alnotתָּבֹ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeנַפְשִׁ֔יH5315 · ne.pheshsoulבִּקְהָלָ֖םH6951 · qa.halassemblyאַל־H408 · alnotתֵּחַ֣דH3161 · ya.chadbe joinedכְּבֹדִ֑יH3519 · ka.vodgloryכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforבְאַפָּם֙H639 · aphface: angerהָ֣רְגוּH2026 · ha.ragto killאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanוּבִרְצֹנָ֖םH7522 · ra.tsonacceptanceעִקְּרוּ־H6131 · a.qarto uprootשֽׁוֹר׃H7794 · shorcattle
Cross-references
Genesis 34:30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.Psalm 26:9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:Psalm 16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.Proverbs 1:15-16My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:Psalm 26:4-5I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.Genesis 34:25-26And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.Psalm 64:2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:Jeremiah 4:19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.Psalm 57:8Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.Jeremiah 15:17I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.2 Corinthians 6:14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?Deuteronomy 27:24Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.Psalm 103:1[A Psalm] of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.Psalm 42:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.Psalm 42:11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.Psalm 1:1Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
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