5Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swords.


In Context

2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob, And listen to Israel your father.

3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, My might, and the firstfruits of my vigour: Excellency of dignity, and excellency of strength.

4 Impetuous as the waters, thou shalt have no pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's couch: Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my bed.

5 Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence their swords.

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.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it was violent; And their rage, for it was cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

Genesis 49:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:5Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

49:5"Simeon and Levi are brothers- their swords are weapons of violence.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

49:5Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniquity, waging war.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:5Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:5Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:5Simeon and Levi are brethren: instruments of cruelty are in, their habitations.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:5|Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:5Simeon and Levi are brethren! Instruments of violence — their espousals!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:5Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.