Genesis 49:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he saw that rest was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant unto tribute.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear [his burdens] and became a servant to tribute [subjected to forced labor].

American Standard Version (1901)

And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.

Common English Bible

He saw that a resting place was good and that the land was pleasant. He lowered his shoulder to haul loads and joined the work gangs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He saw that rest would be good, and that the land was excellent. And so he bent his shoulder to carry, and he became a servant under tribute.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He saw rest that it was good: and the land that it was excellent. And he bowed his shoulder to carry, and became a servant under tribute.

Genesis 49:15 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 49:14

*Yissakhar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

Genesis 49:16

*Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Yisra'el.

2 Samuel 7:1

It happened, when the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies round about,

Psalm 81:6

*I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

Proverbs 12:24

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

Isaiah 31:8

*The Ashur will fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of mankind, shall devour him. He will flee from the sword, and his young men will become subject to forced labor.

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nevukhadnetzar 1 king of Bavel caused his army to serve a great service against Tzor: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tzor, for the service that he had served against it.

Matthew 23:4

For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

Joshua 14:15

Now the name of Chevron before was Kiryat-Arba; [which Arba was] the greatest man among the `Anakim. The land had rest from war.

Judges 3:11

The land had rest forty years. `Otni'el the son of Kenaz died.