Genesis 49:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ “Dan is a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backward.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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“Dan rightly rules his people as one of the tribes of Yisra’ĕ

“I have waited for your deliverance, O יהוה!

and of the Danites, arranging battle, twenty-eight thousand six hundred;

In the end it bites like a snake, And stings like an adder –

If the snake bites without enchantment, then ‘the master of the tongue’ is no better!