Genesis 49:17
What does Genesis 49:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 49:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949May Dan be a snake in the way, a horned snake by the road, biting the horse's foot so that the horseman has a fall.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Dan is a serpent by the way, An adder by the path, Which is biting the horse's heels, And its rider falleth backward.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels, that his rider may fall backward.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
- 1 Chronicles 12:35
And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
- Judges 18:22
When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
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