The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and the obedience of the peoples is his.
Psalm 60:7 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My helmet (the defense of My head); Judah is My scepter and My lawgiver. American Standard Version (1901) Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre. Common English Bible Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter. Catholic Public Domain Version You will add days to the days of the king, to his years, even to the time of generation after generation. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years even to generation and generation. |
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and the obedience of the peoples is his.
Some of the Manassites deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, “He will desert to his master Saul at the cost of our heads.”)
Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh from beyond the Jordan, one hundred twenty thousand armed with all the weapons of war.
God has promised in his sanctuary: “With exultation I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
A firstborn bull—majesty is his! His horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he gores the peoples, driving them to the ends of the earth; such are the myriads of Ephraim, such the thousands of Manasseh.
and half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the towns of the kingdom of Og in Bashan; these were allotted to the people of Machir son of Manasseh according to their clans—for half the Machirites.
Then allotment was made to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a warrior.
David said to Achish, “Very well, then you shall know what your servant can do.” Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”