Devine Scripture

Genesis 49:17

Genesis chapter 49 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Dan 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 · 1611

Dan 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 · 1901

Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.

Context

v.16Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.

v.17This passage

v.18I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.

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.