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Genesis 49:6

Let my soul come not into their council;

dO my glory, ebe not joined to their company.

For in their anger they killed men,

and in their willfulness they fhamstrung oxen.

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Genesis 49:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

Let me not enter their council,

let me not join their assembly,

for they have killed men in their anger

and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.

Genesis 49:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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 — New Living Translation (NLT)

May I never join in their meetings;

may I never be a party to their plans.

For in their anger they murdered men,

and they crippled oxen just for sport.

Genesis 49:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Let not my soul enter their council;

Let not my honor be united to their assembly;

For in their anger they slew a man,

And in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.

Genesis 49:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

I will not join their secret talks,

and I will not meet with them to plan evil.

They killed men because they were angry,

and they crippled oxen just for fun.

Genesis 49:6 — American Standard Version (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.

Genesis 49:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (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.

Genesis 49:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Do not let me attend their secret meetings. 

Do not let me join their assembly. 

In their anger they murdered men. 

At their whim they crippled cattle. 

Genesis 49:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

May I never enter their council;

may I never join their assembly.

For in their anger they kill men,

and on a whim they hamstring oxen.

Genesis 49:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

May I never come into their council;

may I not be joined to their company—

for in their anger they killed men,

and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.

Genesis 49:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Let not my person be joined to their company.

For in their anger they killed men,

and at their pleasure they hamstrung cattle.

Genesis 49:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

I won’t share in their plans.

I won’t have anything to do with them.

They became angry and killed people.

They cut the legs of oxen just for the fun of it.

Genesis 49:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“Let my soul not enter into their council;

Let not my glory be united with their assembly;

Because in their anger they slew men,

And in their self-will they lamed oxen.


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