Genesis 49:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness– who will rouse him?

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  • Num 24:9 : 9 They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”
  • Num 23:24 : 24 Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 Then one of the elders said to me,“Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; thus he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
  • Hos 5:14 : 14 The Lion Will Carry Israel Off Into Exile I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!
  • Mic 5:8 : 8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.
  • 1 Cor 15:24 : 24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.
  • Ezek 19:5 : 5 “‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
  • Hos 5:4 : 4 Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; for a spirit of idolatry is in them, and they do not acknowledge the LORD.

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    8Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father’s sons will bow down before you.

  • Ezek 19:2-7
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    2and say:“‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.

    3She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

    4The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

    5“‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

    6He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

    7He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

  • Num 23:24
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    24Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

  • Gen 49:10
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    10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.

  • Num 24:9
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    9They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”

  • Ps 17:12
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    12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

  • Nah 2:11-12
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    11Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?

    12The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

  • Job 4:10-11
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    10There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.

    11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

  • Hos 5:14
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    14The Lion Will Carry Israel Off Into Exile I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them!

  • Job 38:39-40
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    39“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

    40when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?

  • Jer 49:19
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    19“A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Edomites off their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me, and there is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler who can stand up against me.

  • Mic 5:8
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    8Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.

  • Deut 33:7
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    7Blessing on Judah And this is the blessing to Judah. He said, Listen, O LORD, to Judah’s voice, and bring him to his people. May his power be great, and may you help him against his foes.

  • Isa 5:29
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    29Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

  • Gen 49:27
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    27Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder.”

  • Isa 31:4
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    4The Lord Will Defend Zion Indeed, this is what the LORD has said to me:“The LORD will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

  • Ps 104:21
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    21The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

  • Joel 1:6
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    6For a nation has invaded my land, mighty and without number. Their teeth are lion’s teeth; they have the fangs of a lioness.

  • Deut 33:22
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    22Blessing on Dan Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s cub; he will leap forth from Bashan.

  • Hos 13:7-8
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    7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

    8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.

  • Prov 30:30
    70%

    30a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

  • Judg 1:2
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    2The LORD said,“The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.”

  • Amos 3:4
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    4Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

  • 1 Chr 5:2
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    2Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)

  • Jer 50:44
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    44“A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Babylonians off of their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me. There is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler that can stand up against me.

  • Hos 11:10
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    10God Will Restore the Exiles to Israel He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the LORD; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

  • Jer 4:7
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    7Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.

  • Ps 22:13
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    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

  • Jer 51:38
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    38The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.

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    24Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?

  • Job 28:8
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    8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

  • Ps 114:2
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    2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.

  • Ps 7:2
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    2Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

  • Jer 25:38
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    38The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD.”

  • Jer 2:15
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    15Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

  • Judg 14:5
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    5Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.

  • Lam 3:10
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    10ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.