Genesis 49:23 “The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostili…”

Genesis 49:23

The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

World English Bible

The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:

American Standard Version

The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:

Geneva Bible 1599

And the archers grieued him, and shotte against him and hated him.

Darby Translation

The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;

Young's Literal Translation

And embitter him — yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;

Bible in Basic English

He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

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Cross references

“The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:”

Genesis 37:24 Psalm 118:13 Genesis 37:4 Genesis 37:28 Psalm 64:3 Genesis 37:18

Genesis 37:24 · BSB

and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.

Psalm 118:13 · BSB

I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

Genesis 37:4 · BSB

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

Genesis 37:28 · BSB

So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

Psalm 64:3 · BSB

who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows,

Genesis 37:18 · BSB

Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

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

In context

22Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

24Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

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