Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Dan sera un serpent sur le chemin, Une vipère sur le sentier, Mordant les talons du cheval, Pour que le cavalier tombe à la renverse.
KJV
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
λέως εὐδαιμονήσει. ζητητέον δέ, τίνος ἕνεκα ὁ μὲν Ἰακώβ φησιν, ὅτι „πεσεῖται ὁ ἱππεὺς εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω“ (Gen. 49, 17), Μωυσῆς δὲ ᾄδει, ὅτι ἵππος καὶ ἀναβάτης κατεποντώθησαν. λεκτέον οὖν ὅτι ὁ μὲν καταποντούμενος ὁ Αἰγύπτιός ἐστι τρόπος, ὅς, κἂν φεύγῃ, ὑπὸ τὸ ὕδωρ τουτέστιν ὑπὸ τὴν φο…
Philo Judaeus
De Agricultura
πὶ τρίβου, δάκνων πτέρναν ἵππου, καὶ πεσεῖται ὁ ἱππεὺς εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, τὴν σωτηρίαν περιμένων κυρίου“ (Gen. 49,17. 18). ὃ δ’ αἰνίττεται διὰ τῆς εὐχῆς, μηνυτέον· ἑρμηνεύεται Δὰν κρίσις· τὴν οὖν ἐξετάζουσαν καὶ ἀκριβοῦσαν καὶ διακρίνουσαν καὶ τρόπον τινὰ δικάζουσαν ἕκαστα τῆς ψυχῆς δ…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
ael. Fiat Dan coluber in via, cerastes in semita, mordens ungulas equi, ut cadat ascensor ejus retro(Gen. XLIX, 16-18). Salutare tuum exspectabo, Domine. Samson judex in Israel de tribu Dan fuit. Hoc ergo nunc dicit videns in spiritu, comam nutrire [Col. 0560D] Samson Nazaraeum…
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