Deuteronomy 33:17
Good News Translation
Joseph has the strength of a bull, The horns of a wild ox. His horns are Manasseh's thousands And Ephraim's ten thousands. With them he gores the nations And pushes them to the ends of the earth."

New Revised Standard Version
A firstborn bull—majesty is his! His horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he gores the peoples, driving them to the ends of the earth; such are the myriads of Ephraim, such the thousands of Manasseh.

Contemporary English Version
The armies of Ephraim and Manasseh are majestic and fierce like a bull or a wild ox. They will run their spears through faraway nations.

New American Bible
His firstborn bull, majesty is his! His horns are the horns of a wild ox; With them he gores the peoples, attacks the ends of the earth. These are the myriads of Ephraim, and these the thousands of Manasseh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His beauty as of the firstling of a bullock, his horns as the horns of a rhinoceros: with them shall he push the nations even to the ends of the earth. These are the multitudes of Ephraim and these the thousands of Manasses.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

His beauty as of the firstling of a bullock, his horns as the horns of a rhinoceros: with them shall he push the nations even to the ends of the earth. These are the multitudes of Ephraim and these the thousands of Manasses.

the firstling

1 Chronicles 5:1 Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.

his horns

Numbers 23:22 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros.

Numbers 24:8 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with arrows.

Job 39:9,10 Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib? . . .

Psalm 22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.

Psalm 29:6 And shall reduce them to pieces, as a calf of Libanus, and as the beloved son of unicorns.

Psalm 92:10 But my horn shall be exalted like that of the unicorn: and my old age in plentiful mercy.

Isaiah 34:7 And the unicorns shall go down with them, and the bulls with the mighty: their land shall be soaked with blood, and their ground with the fat of fat ones.

unicorns [heb] an unicorn

1 Kings 22:11 And Sedecias, the son of Chanaana, made himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it.

2 Chronicles 18:10 And Sedecias the son of Chanaana made him horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it.

Psalm 44:5 Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.

the ten thousands

Genesis 48:19 But he refusing, said: I know, my son, I know: and this also shall become a people, and shall be multiplied; but his younger brother shall be greater than he; and his seed shall grow into nations.

Numbers 26:34,37 These are the families of Manasses, and the number of them fifty-two thousand seven hundred. . . .

Hosea 5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled.

Hosea 6:4 What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.

Hosea 7:1 When I would have healed Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they have committed falsehood, and the thief is come in to steal, the robber is without.

Context
Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes
16And of the fruits of the earth, and of the fulness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in the bush, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren. 17His beauty as of the firstling of a bullock, his horns as the horns of a rhinoceros: with them shall he push the nations even to the ends of the earth. These are the multitudes of Ephraim and these the thousands of Manasses.18And to Zabulon he said: Rejoice, O Zabulon, in thy going out; and Issachar in thy tabernacles.…
Cross References
Numbers 23:22
God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros.

1 Samuel 2:1
My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies: because I have joyed in thy salvation.

1 Kings 22:11
And Sedecias, the son of Chanaana, made himself horns of iron, and said: Thus saith the Lord: With these shalt thou push Syria, till thou destroy it.

Job 39:9
Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib?

Psalm 44:5
Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.

Psalm 60:7
Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine: and Ephraim is the strength of my head. Juda is my king:

Ezekiel 34:21
Because you thrusted with sides and shoulders, and struck all the weak cattle with your horns, till they were scattered abroad:

Daniel 8:4
I saw the ram pushing with his horns against the west, and against the north, and against the south: and no beasts could withstand him, nor be delivered out of his hand: and he did according to his own will, and became great.

Deuteronomy 33:16
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