The Bible Software
bible.softwareGenesisGenesis 49 › Genesis 49:9

Genesis 49:9

Yehudah is the cub of an aryeh (lion); 1 from the prey, beni (my son), thou hast gone up; 1 he stooped down, he couched like an aryeh, 1 and like a lioness; who shall rouse him? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

8Yehudah, thou art he whom thy achim yoducha (they will praise you); 1 thy yad shall be in the oref (neck) of thine enemies; 1 Bnei Avicha shall bow down before thee. 1

10The shevet (sceptre) shall not depart from Yehudah, 1 nor a Mekhokek (Lawgiver) from between his raglayim, 1 until Shiloh come; 1 and unto him shall be the obedience of the amim (peoples, nations). 1

Read all of Genesis 49

Cross References

Numbers 23:24See, the people shall rise up as a lioness, 1 and lift up himself as an ari; 1 he shall not lie down until he devours the prey, 1 and drinks the dahm of the slain.

1 Kings 10:20And twelve arayim (lions) stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps; there was not the like made in any mamlakhot (kingdoms).

Ezekiel 19:5Now when she saw that in vain she had waited, 1 and her tikvah (hope) was lost, 1 then she took another of her cubs, 1 and made him a strong lion. 1

Hosea 5:14For I will be unto Ephrayim like a lion, 1 and as a great lion to the Bais Yehudah; 1 I, even I, will tear and go away; 1 I will carry off, and there will be no one rescuing. 1

1 Corinthians 15:24Then HaKetz when Moshiach gives over the Malchut Hashem to G-d, even Elohim Avinu, + 15:24 Dan 2:44; 7:13-14,27 after He has abolished all Misrah and Shilton and Gevurah.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Almeida (Português)Luther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)聖經 (中文)성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس (العربية)बाइबल (हिन्दी)Biblia (Kiswahili)Bibbia Diodati (Italiano)Alkitab (Bahasa Indonesia)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)

Study Genesis 49:9

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeJohn WesleyJohn CalvinKeil and DelitzschScofieldFamily Bible NotesGeneva Bible Notes (1599)
← Genesis 49:8Genesis 49Genesis 49:10 →