Deuteronomy 33:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ May Reuben live and not die out, even though his numbers are few.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Let Reuben live, and not die; And let not his men be few.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Let [the tribe of] Reuben live and not die out, but let his men be few.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

Common English Bible

⁶ “I pray that Reuben lives, doesn’t die, though his numbers are so few.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Let Ruben live, and not die, and may he be small in number."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Let Ruben live, and not die: and be he small in number.

Deuteronomy 33:6 Cross References

Genesis 35:22

While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 49:8

Judah, your brothers shall praise you; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down before you.

Numbers 1:5

These are the names of the men who shall assist you: From Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur.