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Deuteronomy Chapter 33 verse 22 Holy Bible

ASV Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan.
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BBE Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion, springing out from Bashan.
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DARBY Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion; He shall spring forth from Bashan.
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KJV Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
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WBT Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
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WEB Deuteronomy 33:22

Of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's cub, That leaps forth from Bashan.
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YLT Deuteronomy 33:22

And of Dan he said: -- Dan `is' a lion's whelp; he doth leap from Bashan.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - Jacob compared Dan to a serpent that suddenly springs forth by the way, and bites the heels of a horse so that the rider falls backward. Moses here compares the tribe to a young lion that suddenly leaps from its lair in Bashan on the object of its attack. Both similitudes relate to the vigor and force which the tribe should display in conflict.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) Dan is a lion's whelp.--Jacob compared him to a serpent and an adder. The lion of the tribe of Dan is not like the lion of the tribe of Judah.He shall leap from Bashan.--The taking of Laish is probably referred to. It was a sudden, treacherous surprise, like the spring of a lion on his prey (Judges 18:27-28). The "hill of Bashan" is opposed to God's hill in Psalm 68:15. The "king of Bashan" are reproved (Amos 4:1). The "bulls of Bashan" represent the enemies of Christ in Psalm 22:12.O Naphtali . . . possess thou the west (literally, the sea) and the south.--This is not easy to interpret literally. The only sea in Naphtali's inheritance was the Sea of Galilee. If we look on to the days when that sea becomes famous in Holy Scripture, we find our Saviour dwelling in "the land of Zeoulun and the land of Naphtali," and through his Galilean followers possessing the west and the south, taking the "nations for his inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for His possession."