5Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.


In Context

2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

4 Unstable 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.

5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

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.

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 49:5 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

49:5Simeon and Levi are brethren: Instruments of violence 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.