NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Unstablepachaz (pakh'-az) ebullition, i.e. froth (figuratively, lust) -- unstable. as water mayim (mah'-yim) water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring). thou shalt not excel yathar (yaw-thar') to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve because thou wentest up `alah (aw-law') to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow) to thy father's 'ab (awb) father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-. bed mishkab (mish-kawb') a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse -- bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with. then defiledst thou chalal (khaw-lal') to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an opening wedge) instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound. it he went up `alah (aw-law') to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow) to my couch yatsuwa` (yaw-tsoo'-ah) spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively) -- bed, chamber, couch. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father's bed; Then you defiled it-- he went up to my couch. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible Turbulent as water, you will no longer excel, because you got into your father's bed and you defiled it--he got into my bed. International Standard Version But you're as undisciplined as a roaring river, so eventually you won't succeed, because you got in your father's bed, defiled it, and then approached my couch." NET Bible You are destructive like water and will not excel, for you got on your father's bed, then you defiled it--he got on my couch! GOD'S WORD® Translation You will no longer be first because you were out of control like a flood and you climbed into your father's bed. Then you dishonored it. He climbed up on my couch. King James 2000 Bible Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it: he went up to my couch. Links Genesis 49:4Genesis 49:4 NIV Genesis 49:4 NLT Genesis 49:4 ESV Genesis 49:4 NASB Genesis 49:4 KJV |
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