Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion’s whelp: 1 From the tender plant, my son, thou art gone up, 1 Having couched thou liest as a lion, 1 And as a whelp; who shall stir him up? 1

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In The King James Version

Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

In Context

8Judah, thy brethren have praised thee, 1 And thy hands shall be on the back of thine enemies; 1 Thy father’s sons shall do thee reverence. 1

10A ruler shall not fail from Judah, 1 Nor a prince from his loins, 1 Until there come the things stored up for him; 1 And he is the expectation of nations. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 23:24Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion’s whelp, 1 And shall exalt himself as a lion; 1 He shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, 1 And he shall drink the blood of the slain.

1 Kings 10:20and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it was not so done in any other kingdom.

Ezekiel 19:5And she saw that he was driven away from her, and her hope of him perished, and she took another of her whelps; she made him a lion.

Hosea 5:14Wherefore I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Judah: and I will tear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none to deliver.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:9-13

8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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