Genesis 49:9

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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 an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

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  • Num 24:9 : 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
  • Num 23:24 : 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: 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 of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose 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 take away, and none shall rescue him.
  • Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
  • 1 Cor 15:24 : 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down 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 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

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    8Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

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

    4The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains 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 learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

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    24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

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    10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

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    9He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

  • Ps 17:12
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    12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

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    11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

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

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    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 take away, and none shall rescue him.

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    39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

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    8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

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    7And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

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    29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

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    27Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

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    21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.

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    22And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

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    30A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

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

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    10They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

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    13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

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