Benjamin is a ravening wolf— in the morning he devours spoils, and in the evening divides plunder.
Numbers 23:24 - Tree of Life Version The people rise like a lioness, like a lion who does not rest until he eats his prey and drinks his victim’s blood!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, And lift up himself as a young lion: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, a people! They rise up as a lioness and lift themselves up as a lion; he shall not lie down until he devours the prey and drinks the blood of the slain. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain. Common English Bible A people now rises like a lioness, like a lion it stands up. It doesn’t lie down until it eats the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.” Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, the people will rise up like a lioness, and lie down like a lion. But they will not lie down until they devour the prey and drink the blood of the slain." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold, the people shall rise up as a lioness: and shall lift itself up as a lion. It shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. |
Benjamin is a ravening wolf— in the morning he devours spoils, and in the evening divides plunder.
A lion’s cub is Judah— from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches, lies down like a lion, or like a lioness— who would rouse him?
Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps—six on each side—nothing like it had ever been made in any other kingdom.
The throne had six steps and a golden footstool attached to it, and arms on each side of the seat. Two lions stood beside the arms
like a lion eager to tear to pieces, like a young lion crouching in cover.
For thus says Adonai to me: “As a lion or a young lion growls over its prey, though a company of shepherds is called out against him —their voice does not disturb him, nor does their noise upset him— so Adonai-Tzva’ot will come down to fight on Mount Zion, on its hill.
“Now in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will this kingdom be left to another people. It will crush and bring to an end all of these kingdoms. But it will endure forever.
A lion has roared, who will not fear? My Lord Adonai has spoken, who shall not prophesy?
Emptiness, desolation, waste! Heart melting, knees buckling, anguish in all the loins, all their faces grown pale!
Where is the lions’ den, the feeding place for young lions— where the lion went for a lion’s cub— with nothing to disturb them?
“In that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a burning torch among sheaves. They will devour on the right and on the left all the surrounding peoples, yet Jerusalem will remain in her place, in Jerusalem.
‘I see him, yet not at this moment. I behold him, yet not in this location. For a star will come from Jacob, a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of all the sons of Seth.
For Gad he said, ‘Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad. Like a lion he crouches, and tears off an arm or even the crown of a head.
Then one of the elders tells me, “Stop weeping! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed—He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.”