Genesis 49:15 - Modern King James Version

¹⁵ And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant. And he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a tribute-slave.

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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 ass crouching down between the sheepfolds.

Genesis 49:16

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

2 Samuel 7:1

And it happened when the king dwelt in his house, and when Jehovah had given him rest round about from all his enemies,

Psalm 81:6

I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were delivered from the pots.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the hard worker shall bear rule, but the lazy shall be under service.

Isaiah 31:8

Then Assyria shall fall with the sword, not of great man; and the sword, not of lowly man, shall devour him. For he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become forced labor.

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled. Yet neither he nor his army had any pay for Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

Matthew 23:4

For they bind heavy and hard-to-carry burdens and lay them on men's shoulders. But they will not move them with one of their fingers.

Joshua 14:15

And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; that one was a great man among the giants. And the land had rest from war.

Judges 3:11

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.