27Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil.


In Context

24 His bow rested upon the strong, and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: thence he came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel.

25 The God of thy father shall be thy helper, and the Almighty shall bless thee with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the deep that lieth be- neath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

26 The blessings of thy father are strengthened with the blessings of his fathers: until the desire of the everlasting hills should come; may they be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.

27 Benjamin a ravenous wolf, in the morning shall eat the prey, and in the evening shall divide the spoil.

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: these things their father spoke to them, and he blessed every one, with their proper blessings.

29 And he charged them, saying: I am now going to be gathered to my people : bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Hethite,

Genesis 49:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

49:27"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder."

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin shall shred as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning she shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin as a wolf will he tear to pieces; In the morning he will devour the prey, And in the evening he will divide the booty.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin is a wolf that ravineth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:27|Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

49:27Benjamin! a wolf teareth; In the morning he eateth prey, And at evening he apportioneth spoil.'