Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Let Reuben live and not die, nor his people be few.” New Living Translation Moses said this about the tribe of Reuben: “Let the tribe of Reuben live and not die out, though they are few in number.” English Standard Version “Let Reuben live, and not die, but let his men be few.” Berean Standard Bible Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.” King James Bible Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. New King James Version “Let Reuben live, and not die, Nor let his men be few.” New American Standard Bible “May Reuben live and not die, Nor may his people be few.” NASB 1995 “May Reuben live and not die, Nor his men be few.” NASB 1977 “May Reuben live and not die, Nor his men be few.” Legacy Standard Bible “May Reuben live and not die, Nor his men be few.” Amplified Bible “May [the tribe of] Reuben live and not die out, But let his men be few.” Christian Standard Bible Let Reuben live and not die though his people become few. Holman Christian Standard Bible Let Reuben live and not die though his people become few. American Standard Version Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Rubil shall live and will not die and he will be in the number.” Brenton Septuagint Translation Let Ruben live, and not die; and let him be many in number. Contemporary English Version Tribe of Reuben, you will live, even though your tribe will always be small. Douay-Rheims Bible Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he small in number. English Revised Version Let Reuben live, and not die; Yet let his men be few. GOD'S WORD® Translation "May the tribe of [Reuben] live and not die out, though their people are few in number." Good News Translation Moses said about the tribe of Reuben: "May Reuben never die out, Although their people are few." International Standard Version "May Reuben live and not die, though his numbers are few." JPS Tanakh 1917 Let Reuben live, and not die In that his men become few. Literal Standard Version Let Reuben live, and not die, | And let his men be an [incalculable] number. Majority Standard Bible Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.” New American Bible May Reuben live and not die out, but let his numbers be few. NET Bible May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply. New Revised Standard Version May Reuben live, and not die out, even though his numbers are few. New Heart English Bible "Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few." Webster's Bible Translation Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. World English Bible “Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.” Young's Literal Translation Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes…5So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together. 6Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.” 7And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”… Cross References Genesis 49:3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power. Genesis 49:4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father's bed, onto my couch, and defiled it. Numbers 1:5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; Treasury of Scripture Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. Genesis 49:3,4,8 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: … Numbers 32:31,32 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do… Joshua 22:1-9 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, … Jump to Previous Death Die Live Reuben SmallJump to Next Death Die Live Reuben SmallDeuteronomy 33 1. The majesty of God6. The blessings of the twelve tribes 26. The excellence of Israel (6) Let Reuben live, and not die.--"'Live' in this world." says Rashi, "and 'not die' in the world to come." That his misdeed should not be remembered (Genesis 35:22). Rashi also notices the juxtaposition of this record with the sentence, "the sons of Jacob were twelve." Reuben was not cut off, but he was disinherited (1Chronicles 5:1), and his father's blessing had so much in it of disapproval, that Moses' prayer for him was not unnecessary. And let not his men be few.--The sentence is difficult. The LXX. insert Simeon, "let Simeon be many in number." But there is no need for this. The most terrible destruction ever wrought in Israel by the word of Moses came on Dathan and Abiram (who were Reubenites), when "they and all that appertained to them went down alive into the pit." We cannot say how far the tribe was diminished by this terrible visitation and the plague that followed (Numbers 16), but the fighting men of the tribe had slightly decreased in the second census (Numbers 1:21; Numbers 26:7), and only two of all the twelve tribes had a smaller force than Reuben at this time. It seems best, therefore, to take the whole verse as applying to Reuben, and the negative in the first clause as covering the second clause also. "Let not his men be a (small) number." The omission of Simeon may be accounted for by his coming within the inheritance of Judah, in Canaan, and enjoying the blessing and protection of that most distinguished tribe. Rashi also takes this view. Verses 6-25. - Blessings on the tribes individually. With these may be compared the blessing which Jacob pronounced on his sons as representing the tribes of which they were the heads. The two resemble each other in many points; the differences are such as naturally arose from the different relations of the speakers to the objects of their address, and the changes in the condition and prospects of the tribes which during the lapse of centuries had come to pass. Verse 6. - And let not his men be few. The negative, though not expressed in the Hebrew, is to be carried into this clause from the preceding. Though the rights of primogeniture had been withdrawn from Reuben, and Jacob had declared that he should not excel, Moses here assures the tribe of continuance, and even prosperity. Their number was not to be small; which was, perhaps, said to comfort them, in view of the fact that their numbers had greatly diminished in the course of their wanderings in the desert (comp. Numbers 1:21 with Numbers 26:7). At no time, however, was this tribe numerous as compared with the others; nor was it ever distinguished either by the enterprise of its members or by the eminence of any of them in the councils of the nation or the management of affairs.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Let Reubenרְאוּבֵ֖ן (rə·’ū·ḇên) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7205: Reuben -- 'behold a son!' oldest son of Jacob, also his desc live יְחִ֥י (yə·ḥî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 2421: To live, to revive and not וְאַל־ (wə·’al-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 408: Not die, יָמֹ֑ת (yā·mōṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill nor וִיהִ֥י (wî·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be his men מְתָ֖יו (mə·ṯāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4962: An adult, a man be few.” מִסְפָּֽר׃ (mis·pār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration Links Deuteronomy 33:6 NIVDeuteronomy 33:6 NLT Deuteronomy 33:6 ESV Deuteronomy 33:6 NASB Deuteronomy 33:6 KJV Deuteronomy 33:6 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 33:6 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 33:6 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 33:6 French Bible Deuteronomy 33:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 33:6 Let Reuben live and not die (Deut. 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