Deuteronomy 33:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And of Gad he said: --Blessed of the Enlarger <FI>is<Fi> Gad, As a lioness he doth tabernacle, And hath torn the arm--also the crown!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 33:20 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 9:26He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
- Genesis 49:19Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.
- Joshua 13:8The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
- Joshua 13:10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
- Joshua 13:24This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad:
- 1 Chronicles 4:10And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
- 1 Chronicles 5:18The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
- 1 Chronicles 12:8Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
- 1 Chronicles 12:9Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,
- 1 Chronicles 12:37And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.
- Psalms 18:19He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
- Micah 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.
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