Genesis 49:16

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.

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 have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
KJV: Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
WEB: “Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
ASV: Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.
DARBY: Dan will judge his people, As another of the tribes of Israel.
BLB: Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

ÅB: Dan skal dømme sitt folk, han som de andre Israels stammer.
OTB: «Dan skal styre sitt folk som en av Israels stammer.
B1930: Dan skal dømme sitt folk, han som de andre Israels stammer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 33:22
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
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Genesis 30:6
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
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Judges 13:2
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
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Judges 18:26–27
And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
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Numbers 10:25
And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
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Judges 18:1–2
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
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Judges 13:24–25
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
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Judges 15:20
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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