| Genesis 49:5 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | "Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence. (GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. |
| ASV: | Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords. |
| BBE: | Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs. |
| DBY: | Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swords. |
| ERV: | Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords. |
| JPS: | Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship. |
| WBS: | Simeon and Levi are brethren: instruments of cruelty are in, their habitations. |
| WEB: | "Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence. |
| YLT: | Simeon and Levi are brethren! Instruments of violence -- their espousals! |
| Genesis 49:5 Cross References |
| XREF: | Genesis 34:25 Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and killed every male. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren - Brethren in disposition, but unlike their father: they were passionate and revengeful, fierce and wilful; their swords, that should have been only weapons of defence, were (as the margin reads it) weapons of violence, to do wrong to others, not to save themselves from wrong. |
| MHC: | 49:3-7 Reuben was the first-born; but by gross sin, he forfeited the birthright. The character of Reuben is, that he was unstable as water. Men do not thrive, because they do not fix. Reuben's sin left a lasting infamy upon his family. Let us never do evil, then we need not fear being told of it. Simeon and Levi were passionate and revengeful. The murder of the Shechemites is a proof of this. Jacob protested against that barbarous act. Our soul is our honour; by its powers we are distinguished from, and raised above, the beasts that perish. We ought, from our hearts, to abhor all bloody and mischievous men. Cursed be their anger. Jacob does not curse their persons, but their lusts. I will divide them. The sentence as it respects Levi was turned into a blessing. This tribe performed an acceptable service in their zeal against the worshippers of the golden calf, Ex 32. Being set apart to God as priests, they were in that character scattered through the nation of Israel. |
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