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Genesis 49:6

Anger

4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

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.

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BSB
May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
KJV
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
WEB
My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
ASV
O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.
DARBY
My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.
BLB
Into their council let not my soul enter; to their assembly let not my honor be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and in their self-will they hamstrung an ox.
ÅB
Møt ikke i deres hemmelige råd, min sjel, ta ikke del i deres sammenkomster, min ære[^2]! For i sin vrede slo de menn ihjel, og i sin selvrådighet skamskar de okser.
OTB
La min sjel ikke komme inn i deres råd; la min ære ikke forenes med deres forsamling, for i deres vrede drepte de menn, og i deres egenvilje lammet de okser.
B1930
Møt ikke i deres hemmelige råd, min sjel, ta ikke del i deres sammenkomster, min ære! For i sin vrede slo de menn ihjel, og i sin selvrådighet skamskar de okser. / < sjel.>

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  • Genesis 34:30

    And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

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  • Psalms 26:9

    Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

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  • Psalms 16:9

    Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

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  • Psalms 26:4–5

    I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

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  • Psalms 64:2

    Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

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  • Jeremiah 4:19

    My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

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  • Luke 12:19

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

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  • 2 Corinthians 6:14

    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

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