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Let not my person enter their council,
    or my honor be joined with their company;
For in their fury they killed men,
    at their whim they maimed oxen.(A)

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May I never come into their council;
    may I not be joined to their company—
for in their anger they killed men,
    and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.

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I never want to take part
    in your plans or deeds.
You slaughtered people
    in your anger,
and you crippled cattle
    for no reason.

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(A)May my soul not enter into their council;
May my glory not be united with their assembly;
For in their anger they killed [a]men,
And in their self-will they lamed [b]oxen.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:6 Lit a man
  2. Genesis 49:6 Lit an ox

Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,(A)
for they have killed men in their anger(B)
    and hamstrung(C) oxen as they pleased.

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