Deuteronomy 33:16-18
Common English Bible
16 with the gifts of the earth and all that fills it,
and the favor of the one who lives on Sinai.[a]
I pray that all these rest on Joseph’s head,
on the crown of that prince among brothers.
17 A firstborn bull[b]—that’s how majestic he is!
A wild ox’s horns—those are his horns!
With them he gores all peoples
completely, to the far ends of the earth!
His horns[c] are Ephraim’s tens of thousands.
His horns are Manasseh’s thousands.”
18 Then he told Zebulun:
“Zebulun: celebrate when you are out and about;
Issachar: celebrate when you are at home in your tents!
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 33:16 Or lives in a bush
- Deuteronomy 33:17 Sam, LXX, Vulg; DSS (4QDeuth) and Heb the oldest offspring of his bull
- Deuteronomy 33:17 Or they; also in the next line
Deuteronomy 33:16-18
New International Version
16 with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.(A)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of the prince among[a] his brothers.(B)
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull;
his horns(C) are the horns of a wild ox.(D)
With them he will gore(E) the nations,
even those at the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim;(F)
such are the thousands of Manasseh.(G)”
18 About Zebulun(H) he said:
“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
and you, Issachar,(I) in your tents.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 33:16 Or of the one separated from
Deuteronomy 33:16-18
King James Version
16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
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