Dan will be a serpent on the trail, an adder in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, so that his rider falls backward.
Parallel translations
- KJV Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
- BSB He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
- NKJV Dan shall be a serpent by the way, A viper by the path, That bites the horse’s heels So that its rider shall fall backward.
- NASB “Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned viper in the path, That bites the horse’s heels, So that its rider falls backward.
- NLT Dan will be a snake beside the road, a poisonous viper along the path that bites the horse’s hooves so its rider is thrown off.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Judg 18:22–31When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah’s house gathered together and overtook the children of Dan.
- 1 Chr 12:35Of the Danites who could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
- Judg 14:1–15Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
- Judg 16:22–30However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
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