GOD'S WORD® Translation
"[Reuben], you are my firstborn, my strength, the very first son I had, first in majesty and first in power.

American Standard Version
Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.

Berean Study Bible
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow: excelling in gifts, greater in command.

English Revised Version
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power.

King James Bible
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

World English Bible
"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

Young's Literal Translation
Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;

Genesis 49:3 Additional Translations ...