Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
And this is the blessing ,
wherewith
Moses the man of God blessed the children
of Israel before his death .
And this `
is '
the blessing `with'
which
Moses the man of God blessed the sons
of Israel before his death ,
And he said,
The
LORD
came
from Sinai, and rose
up
from Seir unto
them; he shined
forth
from mount Paran, and he
came
with ten
thousands
of saints:
from
his right hand went
a
fiery
law
for them.
and he saith:
--
`Jehovah
from Sinai hath
come
, And hath
risen
from Seir for
them; He hath
shone
from mount Paran, And hath
come
`
with '
myriads
of holy
ones;
At
His right hand `are'
springs
for them.
Yea,
he loved
the people
; all his saints
are in thy hand :
and they sat down at thy feet;
every
one
shall
receive
of
thy words.
Also
He `is'
loving
the peoples
; All His holy
ones
`
are '
in thy hand ,
And they --
they
sat down at thy foot,
`Each'
He
lifteth
up
at
thy words.
Moses commanded us a
law
, even
the
inheritance
of the congregation
of Jacob.
A
law
hath
Moses commanded us, A
possession
of the assembly
of Jacob.
And he was
king
in Jeshurun, when
the heads of the people and
the tribes of Israel were
gathered
together.
And he is
in Jeshurun king
, In
the heads of the people gathering
together,
The tribes of Israel !
Let Reuben live, and not die ;
and let not
his men be few
.
Let Reuben live, and not die ,
And let his men be a
number
.
And this is the
blessing
of
Judah :
and he said,
Hear, LORD
, the voice of Judah, and bring
him
unto his people :
let
his hands
be
sufficient
for him ;
and be
thou
an help to
him
from his enemies
.
And this `
is '
for
Judah ;
and he saith:
--
Hear, O
Jehovah
, the voice of Judah, And unto his people do
Thou
bring
him
in;
His hand
hath
striven
for him ,
And an help from his adversaries
art
Thou
.
And of Levi he said ,
Let
thy Thummim and thy Urim be
with
thy holy
one, whom thou didst
prove
at
Massah, and
with
whom
thou didst
strive at the waters of Meribah;
And of Levi he said :
--
Thy Thummim and thy Urim `are'
for
thy pious
one, Whom Thou hast
tried
in
Massah, Thou dost
strive with
Him
at the waters of Meribah;
Who said
unto
his father and to
his mother, I have not seen him; neither
did
he
acknowledge
his brethren, nor
knew
his own
children:
for they have observed thy word
, and kept
thy covenant.
Who is
saying
of
his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And
his brethren he
hath
not
discerned
, And
his sons
he
hath
not
known;
For they have observed Thy saying
, And Thy covenant they
keep
.
They shall
teach Jacob
thy judgments, and Israel
thy law :
they shall
put incense
before
thee
, and whole burnt sacrifice
upon
thine altar.
They teach Thy judgments to
Jacob
, And Thy law to
Israel;
They put perfume
in
Thy
nose
, And whole burnt -offering
on
Thine altar.
Bless, LORD
, his substance
, and accept
the work of his hands ;
smite through
the loins of them
that
rise
against
him
, and of them
that
hate
him ,
that they rise not again.
Bless, O
Jehovah
, his strength
, And the work of his hands Thou
acceptest,
Smite the loins of his
withstanders
, And of those
hating
him --
that they rise not !
And
of Benjamin he said ,
The beloved of the
LORD
shall
dwell
in
safety
by him ;
and
the
Lord
shall
cover
him all the day long
, and
he
shall
dwell
between his shoulders.
Of Benjamin he said :
--
The beloved of Jehovah
doth
tabernacle
confidently
by him ,
Covering
him over
all the day ;
Yea
, between his shoulders He
doth
tabernacle
.
And of Joseph he said ,
Blessed of the
LORD
be
his land, for
the
precious things of heaven,
for
the dew, and for
the deep that
coucheth
beneath,
And of Joseph he said :
--
Blessed of Jehovah
`is'
his land, By
precious things of the heavens,
By
dew, and by
the deep crouching
beneath,
And for
the
precious fruits brought
forth
by
the sun, and for
the
precious things put
forth by the moon
,
And by
precious things
--
fruits of
the sun, And by
precious things --
cast
forth by the moons
,
And for
the
chief things of the ancient mountains, and for
the
precious things of the lasting
hills
,
And by
chief things --
of the ancient mountains, And by
precious things --
of the age-during
heights
,
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.
And by
precious things --
of earth and its
fulness, And the good pleasure
Of Him who
is
dwelling
in the bush ,
--
Let it
come for
the head of Joseph, And for
the crown
of him Who
is
separate
from his brethren.
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.
His honour
`
is '
a
firstling of his ox
, And his horns `
are '
horns of a
reem;
By
them peoples
he doth
push together To the ends of earth ;
And they `
are '
the myriads
of Ephraim, And they `
are '
the thousands of Manasseh.
And of Zebulun he said ,
Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out ;
and, Issachar, in thy tents .
And of Zebulun he said :
--
Rejoice, O
Zebulun, in thy going out ,
And, O
Issachar, in thy tents ;
They
shall
call
the
people
unto
the mountain ;
there they shall
offer
sacrifices of
righteousness:
for they
shall
suck
of
the abundance of the seas, and of
treasures
hid
in the sand.
Peoples
`to'
the mountain they
call,
There they sacrifice
righteous
sacrifices ;
For the abundance of the seas they
suck
, And hidden
things
hidden
in the sand.
And of Gad he said ,
Blessed be
he
that
enlargeth
Gad :
he
dwelleth
as a lion
, and teareth
the arm with
the crown of
the
head.
And of Gad he said :
--
Blessed of
the
Enlarger
`is'
Gad ,
As a lioness
he
doth
tabernacle
, And hath
torn
the arm --
also
the crown !
And he provided
the first part for himself, because
there ,
in
a
portion of the lawgiver, was
he
seated;
and he came
with the heads of the people ,
he
executed
the justice
of the
LORD
, and his judgments with Israel.
And he provideth
the first part for himself, For
there the
portion of the lawgiver is
covered
, And he cometh
`
with '
the heads of the people ;
The righteousness
of Jehovah
he
hath
done
, And His judgments with Israel.
And of Dan he said ,
Dan is a lion's whelp :
he shall
leap from Bashan.
And of Dan he said :
--
Dan `
is '
a lion's whelp ;
he doth
leap from Bashan.
And of Naphtali he said ,
O Naphtali, satisfied with favor
, and full with
the blessing of the
LORD:
possess
thou
the
west and the
south.
And of Naphtali he said :
--
O Naphtali, satisfied with pleasure
, And full of
the blessing of Jehovah,
West and south possess
thou
.
And of Asher he said ,
Let
Asher
be
blessed with children;
let him be acceptable
to
his brethren, and let
him
dip
his
foot
in oil.
And of Asher he said :
--
Blessed with sons
`is'
Asher,
Let him be accepted
by
his brethren, And dipping
in oil his
foot
.
Thy
shoes
shall
be
iron and brass ;
and as thy days ,
so
shall
thy strength be
.
Iron and brass `are'
thy
shoes,
And as thy days --
thy strength.
There is none like unto
the God of Jeshurun, who
rideth
upon
the heaven
in thy help, and in his excellency on
the sky
.
There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Riding
the heavens
in thy help, And in His excellency the skies
.
The eternal God is
thy
refuge
, and underneath
are the
everlasting
arms :
and he shall
thrust
out the enemy from
before
thee;
and shall
say
, Destroy them.
A
habitation
`is'
the eternal God, And beneath
`
are '
arms age-during.
And He casteth
out from
thy
presence
the enemy ,
and saith
, `
Destroy !'
Israel then
shall
dwell
in safety
alone :
the fountain
of Jacob shall
be
upon
a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall
drop down dew.
And
Israel doth
tabernacle
`
in '
confidence
alone ;
The eye
of Jacob `is'
unto
a land of corn and wine; Also His heavens drop down dew.
Happy
art
thou
, O Israel :
who is like unto
thee ,
O
people saved by the
LORD
, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy
excellency !
and thine enemies shall
be
found
liars
unto
thee ;
and thou shalt
tread
upon
their high places.
O
thy
happiness
, O Israel !
who is like thee ?
A
people saved by Jehovah
, The shield of thy help, And He
who `
is '
the sword of thine
excellency :
And thine enemies are
subdued
for
thee ,
And thou on
their high places dost
tread
. '
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