Genesis 49:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ “Shim‛on and Lĕwi are brothers, their weapons are implements of violence.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brethren; Instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brothers [equally headstrong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel]; their swords are weapons of violence. [Gen. 34:25-29.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

Common English Bible

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence their stock in trade.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ The brothers Simeon and Levi: vessels of iniquity waging war.

Genesis 49:5 Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

Also, he who is slack in his work Is a brother of a master destroyer.

Numbers 34:20

“And from the tribe of the children of Shim‛on: Shemu’ĕl son of Ammihuḏ.

Joshua 21:8

Thus the children of Yisra’ĕl gave these cities with their open land by lot to the Lĕwites, as יהוה had commanded by the hand of Mosheh.

Ezekiel 48:24

“And by the border of Binyamin, from the east side to the west side, Shim‛on: one.

Revelation 7:7

of the tribe of Shim‛on twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Lĕwi twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Yissasḵar twelve thousand were sealed,