Genesis 49:17
Dan is a serpent by the way, a viper by the path, || Which is biting the horse’s heels, || And its rider falls backward.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16Dan judges his people, || As one of the tribes of Israel;
18For Your salvation I have waited, YHWH!
Cross References
Judges 16:22And the hair of his head begins to shoot up when he has been shaven,
1 Chronicles 12:35And of the Danite, arranging battle, [are] twenty-eight thousand and six hundred.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:14-22
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. 14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: 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. 16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. 18 I… Read the whole commentary →