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King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 49:5
“Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.”
King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 49:5 Context
2Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. 5Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6O 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. 7Cursed 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. 8Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
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¶ Simeon and Leui are brethren, instruments of crueltie are in their habitations.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs.
- Basic English Bible
Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swords.
- Darby Bible
Simeon and Levi are brethren: instruments of cruelty are in, their habitations.
- Webster's Bible
Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
- World English Bible
Simeon and Levi [are] brethren! Instruments of violence -- their espousals!
- Youngs Literal Bible
Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs.
- Basic English Bible
Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swords.
- Darby Bible
Simeon and Levi are brethren: instruments of cruelty are in, their habitations.
- Webster's Bible
Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
- World English Bible
Simeon and Levi [are] brethren! Instruments of violence -- their espousals!
- Youngs Literal Bible
Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 49:5
49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren - Brethren in disposition, but unlike their father: they were passionate and revengeful, fierce and wilful; their swords, that should have been only weapons of defence, were (as the margin reads it) weapons of violence, to do wrong to others, not to save themselves from wrong.