Genesis 49:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “Let my being not enter their council, let my esteem not be united to their assembly; because they slew a man in their displeasure, and they lamed an ox in pleasure.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ O my soul, come not thou into their secret; Unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: For in their anger they slew a man, And in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ O my soul, come not into their secret council; unto their assembly let not my honor be united [for I knew nothing of their plot], because in their anger they slew men [an honored man, Shechem, and the Shechemites], and in their self-will they disabled oxen.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.

Common English Bible

⁶ May I myself never enter their council. May my honor never be linked to their group; for when they were angry, they killed men, and whenever they wished, they maimed oxen.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Let not my soul go by their counsel, nor my glory be within their meeting. For in their fury they killed a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall.

Genesis 49:6 Cross References

Genesis 34:30

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2 Samuel 8:4

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1 Chronicles 18:4

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Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man who shall not walk in the counsel of the wrong, And shall not stand in the path of sinners, And shall not sit in the seat of scoffers,

Psalm 103:1

Bless יהוה, O my being, And all that is within me, Bless His set-apart Name!

Psalm 139:19

Oh, that You would slay the wrong, O Eloah! Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed!

Psalm 16:9

Therefore my heart was glad, and my esteem rejoices; My flesh also dwells in safety.

Psalm 26:9

Do not gather my being together with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

Psalm 28:3

Do not draw me away with the wrong And with the workers of wickedness, Who speak peace to their neighbours, But evil is in their hearts.

Psalm 30:12

So that esteem might praise You and not be silent. O יהוה  my Elohim, I thank You forever.

Psalm 42:11

Why are you depressed, O my being? And why are you restless within me? Wait for Elohim: for I shall yet thank Him, the deliverance of my face, And my Elohim.

Psalm 42:5

Why are you depressed, O my being? And why are you restless within me? Wait for Elohim: for I shall yet thank Him, For the deliverance of His face!

Psalm 43:5

Why are you depressed, O my being? And why are you restless within me? Wait for Elohim: for I shall yet thank Him, the deliverance of my face, And my Elohim.

Psalm 5:10

Declare them guilty, O Elohim! Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them away for their many transgressions, Because they have rebelled against You.

Psalm 57:8

Awake, my esteem! Awake, harp and lyre! I awake the dawn.

Psalm 64:2

Hide me from the secret plans of the evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of wickedness,

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause.

Proverbs 12:5

The thoughts of the righteous are right-ruling, The counsels of the wrong are deceit.

Jeremiah 15:17

I have not sat in the company of the mockers, nor do I exult. I have sat alone because of Your hand, for You have filled me with displeasure.

Jeremiah 4:19

O my inward parts, my inward parts! I am in pain! O the walls of my heart! My heart pounds in me, I am not silent. For you have heard, O my being, the sound of the ram’s horn, a shout of battle!

Luke 12:19

then say to myself, “Life, you have many goods laid up for many years, take your ease, eat, drink, rejoice.” ’

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with darkness?

Deuteronomy 27:24

‘Cursed is he who smites his neighbour secretly.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕ

Joshua 11:9

And Yehoshua did to them as יהוה  said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

Judges 5:21

“The wadi of Qishon swept them away, that age-old wadi, the wadi of Qishon. O my being, you have trampled in strength!