Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Parallel translations
- WEB “Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
- BSB Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
- NKJV “Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between two burdens;
- NASB ¶“Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between the sheepfolds.
- NLT “Issachar is a sturdy donkey, resting between two saddlepacks.
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Quick answer
Issachar is pictured as a strong donkey resting between its burdens.
Overview
The image of a sturdy beast lying among the saddlebags portrays Issachar as strong yet inclined toward ease and settled comfort. It hints at a tribe content to bear labor in exchange for the security of good land. The portrait invites reflection on the danger of trading freedom and calling for mere comfort.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 1 Chr 12:32And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
- Gen 30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
- Deut 33:18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
- Josh 19:17–23And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
- Judg 5:15–16And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
- Judg 10:1And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
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