Deuteronomy Chapter 33 verse 17 Holy Bible
The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, `even' the ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
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He is a young ox, glory is his; his horns are the horns of the mountain ox, with which all peoples will be wounded, even to the ends of the earth: they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.
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His majesty is as the firstling of his ox; And his horns are as the horns of a buffalo. With them shall he push the peoples Together to the ends of the earth. These are the myriads of Ephraim, And these are the thousands of Manasseh.
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His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
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His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
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The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his; His horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, They are the thousands of Manasseh.
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His honour `is' a firstling of his ox, And his horns `are' horns of a reem; By them peoples he doth push together To the ends of earth; And they `are' the myriads of Ephraim, And they `are' the thousands of Manasseh.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.--Rashi refers this to the ten thousands slain by Joshua, the Ephraimite leader, and the thousands slain by Gideon, who was of the tribe of Manasseh. He expounds nearly the whole of the verse in reference to Joshua and the conquest of Canaan. There is an obvious similarity in the song of the Israelitish women after the defeat of the Philistines, "Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands." The people "pushed to the ends of the earth" are taken to be the thousands and ten thousands of conquered Canaanites and Midianites. For a similar metaphor, see 1Kings 22:11. Otherwise the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh would be the two-horned power of Joseph. (Comp. Daniel 8:3; Daniel 8:20 for a simile of the same kind.)Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewHisל֗וֹ (lōw)Preposition | third person masculine singularStrong's Hebrew majesty [is like]הָדָ֣ר (hā·ḏār)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1926: Magnificence, ornament, splendora firstbornבְּכ֨וֹר (bə·ḵō·wr)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 1060: Firstborn, chiefbullשׁוֹר֜וֹ (šō·w·rōw)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera)and his hornsוְקַרְנֵ֤י (wə·qar·nê)Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdcStrong's 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, powerlike thoseקַרְנָ֔יו (qar·nāw)Noun - fdc | third person masculine singularStrong's 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, powerof a wild ox.רְאֵם֙ (rə·’êm)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7214: A wild bullWith them he will goreיְנַגַּ֥ח (yə·nag·gaḥ)Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5055: To butt with the horns, to war againstthe nations,עַמִּ֛ים (‘am·mîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flockeven to the endsאַפְסֵי־ (’ap̄·sê-)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 657: Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, footof the earth.אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 776: Earth, landSuchוְהֵם֙ (wə·hêm)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1992: Theyare the myriadsרִבְב֣וֹת (riḇ·ḇō·wṯ)Number - feminine plural constructStrong's 7233: Multitude, myriad, ten thousandof Ephraim,אֶפְרַ֔יִם (’ep̄·ra·yim)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territoryand suchוְהֵ֖ם (wə·hêm)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1992: Theyare the thousandsאַלְפֵ֥י (’al·p̄ê)Number - masculine plural constructStrong's 505: A thousandof Manasseh.”מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ (mə·naš·šeh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 4519: Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two IsraelitesJump to PreviousBuffalo Bull Bullock Earth Ends Ephraim Herd Honour Horns Majesty Manasseh Mountain Myriads Once Ox Peoples Push Reem Ten Thousands Together Unicorns Wild Wild-Ox Wounded
