Deuteronomy 33:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ The firstling of his bullock, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Like a firstling young bull his majesty is, and his horns like the horns of the wild ox; with them he shall push the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ A firstborn bull—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 are Ephraim’s tens of thousands. His horns are Manasseh’s thousands.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ His excellence is like that of a first-born bull. His horns are like the horns of a rhinoceros; he shall brandish these against the Gentiles, even to the ends of the earth. These are the multitudes of Ephraim, and these the thousands of Manasseh."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ His beauty as of the firstling of a bullock, his horns as the horns of a rhinoceros: with them shall he push the nations even to the ends of the earth. These are the multitudes of Ephraim; and these the thousands of Manasses.

Deuteronomy 33:17 Cross References

Genesis 48:19

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

1 Kings 22:11

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed.

1 Chronicles 12:31

And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

1 Chronicles 12:32

And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

1 Chronicles 5:1

And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

1 Chronicles 5:2

For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

1 Chronicles 5:23

And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon.

2 Chronicles 18:10

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed.

Psalm 22:21

Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

Psalm 29:6

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.

Psalm 44:5

Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

Psalm 60:7

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of mine head; Judah is my sceptre

Psalm 92:10

But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.

Isaiah 34:7

And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

Ezekiel 34:21

Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

Daniel 8:4

I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; and no beasts could stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.

Hosea 5:3

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom, Israel is defiled.

Hosea 6:4

O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.

Hosea 7:1

When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood: and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

Numbers 23:22

God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

Numbers 24:8

God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite them through with his arrows.

Numbers 26:34

These are the families of Manasseh: and they that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

Numbers 26:37

These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

Joshua 17:14

And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto the LORD hath blessed me?

Joshua 17:18

but the hill country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they be strong.

1 Samuel 2:1

And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.