Deuteronomy 33:22 “Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.””

Deuteronomy 33:22

Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

World English Bible

About Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub that leaps out of Bashan.”

American Standard Version

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan.

Geneva Bible 1599

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lions whelp: he shall leape from Bashan.

Darby Translation

And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion; He shall spring forth from Bashan.

Young's Literal Translation

And of Dan he said: — Dan [is] a lion's whelp; he doth leap from Bashan.

Bible in Basic English

And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion, springing out from Bashan.

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Cross references

“And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.”

Joshua 19:47 Judges 18:27 Judges 13:2 Judges 14:6 Judges 14:19 Judges 15:8

Joshua 19:47 · BSB

(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their fathe…

Judges 18:27 · BSB

After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

Judges 13:2 · BSB

Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

Judges 14:6 · BSB

and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

Judges 14:19 · BSB

Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson…

Judges 15:8 · BSB

And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”

23Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”

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