Genesis 49:23
Modern Translations
New International Version
With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.

New Living Translation
Archers attacked him savagely; they shot at him and harassed him.

English Standard Version
The archers bitterly attacked him, shot at him, and harassed him severely,

Berean Study Bible
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

New American Standard Bible
“The archers provoked him, And shot at him and were hostile toward him;

NASB 1995
"The archers bitterly attacked him, And shot at him and harassed him;

NASB 1977
“The archers bitterly attacked him, And shot at him and harassed him;

Amplified Bible
“The [skilled] archers have bitterly attacked and provoked him; They have shot [at him] and harassed him.

Christian Standard Bible
The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him.

Contemporary English Version
Enemies attacked with arrows, refusing to show mercy.

Good News Translation
His enemies attack him fiercely And pursue him with their bows and arrows.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Archers provoked him, shot at him, and attacked him.

International Standard Version
Even though enemies attacked him, shooting at him and pursuing him viciously,

NET Bible
The archers will attack him, they will shoot at him and oppose him.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

New King James Version
The archers have bitterly grieved him, Shot at him and hated him.

King James 2000 Bible
The archers have fiercely attacked him, and shot at him, and hated him:

New Heart English Bible
The archers will attack him with bitterness, and shoot at him, and harass him.

World English Bible
The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:

American King James Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

American Standard Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecute him:

A Faithful Version
The archers have fiercely attacked him and have shot at him, and hated him.

Darby Bible Translation
The archers have provoked him, And shot at, and hated him;

English Revised Version
The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:

Webster's Bible Translation
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And the archers grieued him, and shotte against him and hated him.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The archers haue greeuously prouoked hym, and shot him through with dartes, they haue hated him to his hinderaunce.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And though the shoters angered him, stroue with him, and hated him,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
The shoters haue envyed him and chyde with him ad hated him
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And embitter him indeed, they have striven, "" Indeed, archers hate him;

Young's Literal Translation
And embitter him -- yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;

Smith's Literal Translation
This adversary will embitter him, and the lords of the arrows will lie in wait.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But they that held darts provoked him, and quarrelled with him, and envied him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But those who held darts, provoked him, and they contend with him, and they envied him.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they contended with him, and they have increased and the Lords of armies envied him:

Lamsa Bible
A company of men quarreled with him, and being great in numbers, envied him;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The archers have dealt bitterly with him, And shot at him, and hated him;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, and the archers pressed hard upon him.
















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