KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 49:7
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Cursed is their anger, for it is fierce, And their wrath, for it is sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.
Surrounding context — Genesis 49
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?
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אָר֤וּרH779 · a.rarto curseאַפָּם֙H639 · aphface: angerכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforעָ֔זH5794 · azstrongוְעֶבְרָתָ֖םH5678 · ev.rahfuryכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforקָשָׁ֑תָהH7185 · qa.shahto hardenאֲחַלְּקֵ֣םH2505 · cha.laqto divideבְּיַעֲקֹ֔בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobוַאֲפִיצֵ֖םH6327 · putsto scatterבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סH3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 6:65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by [their] names.1 Chronicles 4:24-31The sons of Simeon [were], Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, [and] Shaul:Joshua 19:1-9And the second lot came forth to Simeon, [even] for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.Proverbs 26:24-25He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;2 Samuel 13:22-28And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.Proverbs 27:3A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is] heavier than them both.2 Samuel 13:15Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her [was] greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.1 Chronicles 4:39-40And they went to the entrance of Gedor, [even] unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.Joshua 21:1-45Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
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