Genesis 49:6

Genesis 49:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.
• 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.

Context of Genesis 49:6

4Unstable as water, you shall not excel, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it— He went up to my couch. 5“Simeon and Levi are brothers; Instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place. 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. 7Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob And scatter them in Israel. 8“Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s children shall bow down before you.

Genesis 49:6 word by word

בְּסֹדָם֙ אַל־תָּבֹ֣א נַפְשִׁ֔י בִּקְהָלָ֖ם אַל־תֵּחַ֣ד כְּבֹדִ֑י כִּ֤י בְאַפָּם֙ הָ֣רְגוּ אִ֔ישׁ וּבִרְצֹנָ֖ם עִקְּרוּ־שֽׁוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• not thou into their secretסוֹדsôd · counselH5475
• unto their assemblyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• mine honourכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• be not thou unitedיָחַדyâchad · be joinedH3161
• for in their angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• they slewהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• and in their selfwillרָצוֹןrâtsôn râtsôn · acceptanceH7522
• they digged downעִקֵּר‛âqar · to hamstringH6131
• a wallשׁוֹרshôr · cattleH7794

Cross-references for Genesis 49:6

• Judges 5:21The torrent of Kishon swept them away, That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon. O my soul, march on in strength!
• Psalms 42:5Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance.
• Psalms 43:5Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.
• Psalms 103:1Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
• Jeremiah 4:19O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
• Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
• Genesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”
• Psalms 5:10Pronounce them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels; Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, For they have rebelled against You.
• Psalms 26:4I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites.
• Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin.
• Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You?
• Psalms 139:19Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
• Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the righteous are right, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
• Deuteronomy 27:24‘Cursed is the one who attacks his neighbor secretly.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
• Psalms 26:9Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

Commentaries on Genesis 49:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Into their secret council, etc. - Jacob here exculpates himself from all participation in the guilt of Simeon and Levi in the murder of the Shechemites. He most solemnly declares that he knew nothing of the confederacy by which it was executed, nor of the secret council in which it was plotted. If it should be said that the words תבא tabo and תחד techad should be translated in the future tense or in the imperative, as in our translation, I shall not…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-33Verses 1-33 - Jacob Blesses His Sons 5. מכרה mekêrāh “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: מכר mākar “sell,” in Arabic “take counsel. Habitation.” 10. מחקק mechoqēq “lawgiver, judge, dispenser of laws.” This word occurs in six other places - Numbers 21:18; Deuteronomy 33:21; Jud. Deuteronomy 5:14; Psalm 60:9; Psalm 108:9; Isaiah 33:22; in five of which it clearly denotes ruler, or judge. The meaning “sceptre” is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-7Verses 3-7 Reuben was the first-born; but by gross sin, he forfeited the birthright. The character of Reuben is, that he was unstable as water. Men do not thrive, because they do not fix. Reuben's sin left a lasting infamy upon his family. Let us never do evil, then we need not fear being told of it. Simeon and Levi were passionate and revengeful. The murder of the Shechemites is a proof of this. Jacob protested against that barbarous act. Our soul is our…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Simeon and Levi were violent and lawless. Instead of seeking justice, they allowed their uncontrolled anger to control them and ignored the value of life (34:24–29). I will disperse them: Simeon's land mostly became part of Judah's (Joshua 19:1, 9). Levi was given a more honorable future because the Levites became the priestly tribe (see Exodus 32:25–29). But they did not have their own region (Joshua 21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-331. Jacob called unto his sons--It is not to the sayings of the dying saint, so much as of the inspired prophet, that attention is called in this chapter. Under the immediate influence of the Holy Spirit he pronounced his prophetic benediction and described the condition of their respective descendants in the last days, or future times. Ge 49:3, 4. Reuben forfeited by his crime the rights and honors of primogeniture. His posterity never made any figure; no…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 49:6

• Anger
• Company
• Death
• Fellowship
• Hamor
• Jacob
• Levi
• Parents
• Self-Will
• Simeon

In the dictionaries

• Bless
• Blood
• Devour
• Dinah
• Fierce
• Glory
• Raven
• Rouse
• Shoot
• Simeon, The tribe of

Commentaries on Genesis 49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings