Genesis 16:12
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
KJV
Hic erit ferus homo : manus ejus contra omnes, et manus omnium contra eum : et e regione universorum fratrum suorum figet tabernacula.
Vulgate
οὗτος ἔσται ἄγροικος ἄνθρωπος· αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάντας καὶ αἱ χεῖρες πάντων ἐπ’ αὐτόν, καὶ κατὰ πρόσωπον πάντων τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ κατοικήσει.
LXX
And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.
ASV
וְ/ה֤וּא יִהְיֶה֙ פֶּ֣רֶא אָדָ֔ם יָד֣/וֹ בַ/כֹּ֔ל וְ/יַ֥ד כֹּ֖ל בּ֑/וֹ וְ/עַל פְּנֵ֥י כָל אֶחָ֖י/ו יִשְׁכֹּֽן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 21:20 — And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
- Gen 21:20 — And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
- Gen 25:18 — And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
- Gen 25:18 — And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
- Gen 27:40 — And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
- Job 11:12 — For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
- Job 30:7 — Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
- Job 39:5 — Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?