Genesis Chapter 49 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 49:6

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.
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BBE Genesis 49:6

Take no part in their secrets, O my soul; keep far away, O my heart, from their meetings; for in their wrath they put men to death, and for their pleasure even oxen were wounded.
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DARBY Genesis 49:6

My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.
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KJV Genesis 49:6

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.
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WBT Genesis 49:6

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.
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WEB Genesis 49:6

My soul, don't come into their council; My glory, don't be united to their assembly; For in their anger they killed a man, In their self-will they hamstrung an ox.
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YLT Genesis 49:6

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.
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Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Their secret.--The word sod used here is literally the little carpet, or cushion, upon which an Oriental sits. Consequently, for two persons to sit upon the same carpet marks a high degree of friendship and familiarity. It would therefore be more exactly translated alliance, or intimacy.Unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united.--For assembly (Heb. congregation), see Genesis 28:3; Genesis 35:11. It means here their union, or confederacy. In the first clause Jacob bids his soul, his true self, not to enter their alliance; here, after the manner of the parallelism of Hebrew poetry, he intensifies the meaning. For by mine honour, he signifies all that gave him dignity and worth in the sight of God and man. And this nobleness would be degraded and lost by union with men banded together for evil.In their self-will they digged down a wall--Self-will is worse than anger, and signifies that arrogant temper which leads on to wanton cruelty. The last words mean, they houghed an ox. The Vulgand Syriac took it as our version does, and understood it of making a breach in the walls of Shechem; but they had a different reading, shur, whereas the word in the Hebrew is shor, an ox, and it is so rendered by the LXX. The ox was in old times the symbol of majesty, and thus bulls are put for princes in Psalm 22:12; Psalm 68:30. Thus, then, the meaning is, "In their anger at the wrong done to their sister they slew Hamor, prince of Shechem, with his people; and from wanton cruelty, without any just cause for indignation, they hamstrung the noblest of their brethren, not killing Joseph outright, but disabling him by selling him into slavery, that he might there perish."Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewMay Iנַפְשִׁ֔י (nap̄·šî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion neverאַל־ (’al-)AdverbStrong's 408: Notenterתָּבֹ֣א (tā·ḇō)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gotheir council;בְּסֹדָם֙ (bə·sō·ḏām)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 5475: A session, company of persons, intimacy, consultation, a secretmay Iכְּבֹדִ֑י (kə·ḇō·ḏî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousnessneverאַל־ (’al-)AdverbStrong's 408: Notjoinתֵּחַ֣ד (tê·ḥaḏ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 3161: To be unitedtheir assembly.בִּקְהָלָ֖ם (biq·hā·lām)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregationForכִּ֤י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionthey killהָ֣רְגוּ (hā·rə·ḡū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 2026: To smite with deadly intentmenאִ֔ישׁ (’îš)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personin their anger,בְאַפָּם֙ (ḇə·’ap·pām)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ireand hamstringעִקְּרוּ־ (‘iq·qə·rū-)Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 6131: To pluck up, to hamstring, to exterminateoxenשֽׁוֹר׃ (šō·wr)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera)on a whim.וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם (ū·ḇir·ṣō·nām)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 7522: Goodwill, favor, acceptance, willJump to PreviousAnger Assembly Cattle Company Council Death Digged Enter Far Glory Hamstring Hamstrung Heart Hocked Honor Honour Houghed Joined Killed Meetings Ox Oxen Part Pleased Pleasure Secret Secrets Self-Will Slay Slew Soul Spirit United Wall Wantonness Wounded Wrath