Genesis 49:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth backward.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent by the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse heels, So that his rider shall fall backward.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a horned snake in the path, that bites at the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse’s heels, So that his rider falleth backward.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Dan will be a snake on the road, a serpent on the path, biting a horse’s heels, so its rider falls backward.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Let Dan be a snake in the way, a viper in the path, biting the hooves of horses, so that his rider may fall backward.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels that his rider may fall backward.

Genesis 49:17 Cross References

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.

Genesis 49:18

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

1 Chronicles 12:35

And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.

Proverbs 23:32

At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

If the serpent bite before it be charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.