Genesis 49:9

גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה מִטֶּרֶף בְּנִי עָלִיתָ כָּרַע רָבַץ כְּאַרְיֵה וּכְלָבִיא מִי יְקִימֶֽנּוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

8יְהוּדָה אַתָּה יוֹדוּךָ אַחֶיךָ יָדְךָ בְּעֹרֶף אֹיְבֶיךָ יִשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ לְךָ בְּנֵי אָבִֽיךָ ׃

10לֹֽא ־ יָסוּר שֵׁבֶט מִֽיהוּדָה וּמְחֹקֵק מִבֵּין רַגְלָיו עַד כִּֽי ־ יָבֹא שילה וְל/וֹ יִקְּהַת עַמִּֽים ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 23:24הֶן ־ עָם כְּלָבִיא יָקוּם וְכַאֲרִי יִתְנַשָּׂא לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד ־ יֹאכַל טֶרֶף וְדַם ־ חֲלָלִים יִשְׁתֶּֽה ׃

1 Kings 10:20וּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר אֲרָיִים עֹמְדִים שָׁם עַל ־ שֵׁשׁ הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה לֹֽא ־ נַעֲשָׂה כֵן לְכָל ־ מַמְלָכֽוֹת ׃

Hosea 5:14כִּי אָנֹכִי כַשַּׁחַל לְאֶפְרַיִם וְכַכְּפִיר לְבֵית יְהוּדָה אֲנִי אֲנִי אֶטְרֹף וְאֵלֵךְ אֶשָּׂא וְאֵין מַצִּֽיל ׃

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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