Genesis 49:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?

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  • Num 24:9 : 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.
  • Num 23:24 : 24 Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof.
  • Hos 5:14 : 14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
  • Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
  • 1 Cor 15:24 : 24 Then [cometh] the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
  • Ezek 19:5 : 5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
  • Hos 5:4 : 4 Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.

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  • Gen 49:8
    82%

    8Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.

  • Ezek 19:2-7
    6 verses
    77%

    2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

    3And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

    4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks unto the land of Egypt.

    5Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

    6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

    7And he knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, because of the noise of his roaring.

  • Num 23:24
    77%

    24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

  • Gen 49:10
    77%

    10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

  • Num 24:9
    75%

    9He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.

  • Ps 17:12
    75%

    12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

    12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

  • Job 4:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

    11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

  • Hos 5:14
    74%

    14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

  • Job 38:39-40
    2 verses
    74%

    39Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

    40When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

  • Jer 49:19
    73%

    19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that will stand before me?

  • Mic 5:8
    73%

    8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

  • Deut 33:7
    73%

    7And this is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And bring him in unto his people. With his hands he contended for himself; And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.

  • Isa 5:29
    73%

    29their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

  • Gen 49:27
    72%

    27Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

  • Isa 31:4
    71%

    4For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.

  • Ps 104:21
    71%

    21The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.

  • Joel 1:6
    71%

    6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

  • Deut 33:22
    70%

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

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

    8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Prov 30:30
    70%

    30The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

  • Judg 1:2
    69%

    2And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

  • Amos 3:4
    69%

    4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

  • 1 Chr 5:2
    69%

    2For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's),

  • Jer 50:44
    69%

    44Behold, [the enemy] shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that can stand before me?

  • Hos 11:10
    69%

    10They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.

  • Jer 4:7
    69%

    7A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

  • Ps 22:13
    69%

    13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

  • Jer 51:38
    69%

    38They shall roar together like young lions; they shall growl as lions' whelps.

  • Isa 49:24
    69%

    24Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives be delivered?

  • Job 28:8
    68%

    8The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

  • Ps 114:2
    68%

    2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

  • Ps 7:2
    68%

    2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

  • Jer 25:38
    68%

    38He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.

  • Jer 2:15
    68%

    15The young lions have roared upon him, and yelled; and they have made his land waste: his cities are burned up, without inhabitant.

  • Judg 14:5
    68%

    5Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

  • Lam 3:10
    68%

    10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.