Genesis 49:15 - Modern English Version

¹⁵ he saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant; so he bowed his shoulder to bear the burden and became a slave to forced labor.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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

¹⁵ 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.

Genesis 49:15 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 49:14

Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between two burdens;

Genesis 49:16

Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Samuel 7:1

Now when the king settled into his house and the Lord had given him rest from all of his enemies on all sides,

Psalm 81:6

“I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

Isaiah 31:8

“Then the Assyrian shall fall by the sword that is not of man, and the sword not of man shall devour him. So he shall not escape the sword, and his young men shall become forced laborers.

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled. Yet he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had done against it.

Matthew 23:4

They fasten heavy loads that are hard to carry and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

Joshua 14:15

The former name of Hebron was Kiriath-arba. Arba was the greatest man among the Anakites. Then the land had rest from war.

Judges 3:11

The land rested forty years, then Othniel son of Kenaz died.