Deuteronomy 33:20
18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
- KJV
- And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
- WEB
- About Gad he said, “He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm and the crown of the head.
- ASV
- And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.
- DARBY
- And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad! As a lion doth he dwell, and teareth the arm, even the top of the head.
- BLB
- And of Gad he said, “Blessed [is] he who enlarges Gad; as a lion He dwells; and he tears the arm and the crown of the head.
- ÅB
- Og om Gad sa han: Lovet være han som gir Gad vidt rom! Som en løvinne har han lagt seg ned, og han sønderriver både arm og isse.
- OTB
- Om Gad sa han: “Velsignet er han som utvider Gads område! Gad bor der som en løve, river i stykker arm og hode.
- B1930
- Og om Gad sa han: Lovet være han som gir Gad vidt rum! Som en løvinne har han lagt sig ned, og han sønderriver både arm og isse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 49:19
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:8–14
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
Read in contextMicah 5:8
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Read in contextJoshua 13:8
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:37–38
And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
Read in context1 Chronicles 5:18–21
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
Read in contextJoshua 13:10
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
Read in contextJoshua 13:24–28
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
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