Genesis 49:15 - 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. 更多版本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]. 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. English Standard Version 2016 He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant at forced labor. |
And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.
Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.