Genesis 49:6
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.
Genesis 49:6 in other translations
| BSB | May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim. |
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| WEB | My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Genesis 49:6 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 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…
Genesis 49:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 49:6
- Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
- Psalms 26:9
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
- Psalms 16:9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
- Psalms 26:4-5
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
- Psalms 64:2
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
- Jeremiah 4:19
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
- Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
- Psalms 57:8
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
- Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
- Genesis 34:25-26
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
- Proverbs 1:15-16
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jud 5:21; Ps 42:5,11; 43:5; 103:1; Jer 4:19; Lu 12:19
come.
34:30; Ps 5:10; 26:4,5; 28:3; 94:20,21; 139:19; Pr 1:11,15,16; 12:5
secret.
De 27:24; Ps 26:9; 64:2; Jer 15:17
unto their.
Ps 1:1; 26:9; 94:20; 2Co 6:14
honour.
Ps 16:9; 30:12; 57:8
a man.
34:25,26,30
digged down a wall. or, houghed oxen.
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Context
- Genesis 49:5
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
- Genesis 49:6
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.
- 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.
Genesis 49:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | En su secreto no entre mi alma, ni mi honra se junte en su compañía; que en su furor mataron varón, y en su voluntad arrancaron muro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mon âme, n’entre pas dans leur conseil secret; ma gloire, ne t’unis pas à leur assemblée! Car dans leur colère ils ont tué des hommes, et pour leur plaisir ils ont coupé les jarrets du taureau. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Meine Seele komme nicht in ihren geheimen Rat, meine Ehre vereinige sich nicht mit ihrer Versammlung! Denn in ihrem Zorn haben sie den Mann erschlagen und in ihrem Mutwillen den Stier gelähmt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In consilium eorum non veniat anima mea, et in cœtu illorum non sit gloria mea: quia in furore suo occiderunt virum, et in voluntate sua suffoderunt murum. |