Genesis 16:12 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹² 2 He shall be a wild man: his hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And he [Ishmael] will be as a wild ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will live to the east and on the borders of all his kinsmen.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.

Common English Bible

¹² He will be a wild mule of a man; he will fight everyone, and they will fight him. He will live at odds with all his relatives.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² He will be a wild man. His hand will be against all, and all hands will be against him. And he will pitch his tents away from the region of all his brothers."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² He shall be a wild man. His hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren.

Genesis 16:12 Cross References

Genesis 21:20

0 And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an archer.

Genesis 25:18

8 And he dwelt from Hevila as far as Sur, which looketh towards Egypt, to them that go towards the Assyrians. He died in the presence of all his brethren.

Genesis 27:40

1 Esau therefore always hated Jacob for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him: and he said in his heart: The days will come of the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.

Genesis 37:25

6 And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?

Job 11:12

7 And brightness like that of the noonday, shall arise to thee at evening: and when thou shalt think thyself consumed, thou shalt rise as the day star.

Job 24:5

0 From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.