“And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
And this [is] the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- King James Version
Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now this is the blessing which Moses, the man of God, gave to the children of Israel before his death.
- Basic English Bible
And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- Darby Bible
And this is the with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- Webster's Bible
This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- World English Bible
And this [is] the blessing [with] which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Deuteronomy 33:1
33:1 Moses blessed Israel - He is said to bless them, by praying to God with faith for his blessing upon them; and by foretelling the blessings which God would confer upon them. And Moses calls himself here the man of God, that is, the servant or prophet of God, to acquaint them that the following prophecies were not his own inventions, but divine inspirations. The children of Israel - The several tribes: only Simeon is omitted, either in detestation of their parent Simeon's bloody carriage, for which Jacob gives that tribe a curse rather than a blessing, in #Gen 49:5 |- 7. Or, because that tribe had no distinct inheritance, but was to have its portion in the tribe of Judah, #Jos 19:1|.