Deuteronomy 33:22
New International Version
About Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, springing out of Bashan.”

New Living Translation
Moses said this about the tribe of Dan: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out from Bashan.”

English Standard Version
And of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub that leaps from Bashan.”

Berean Standard Bible
Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”

King James Bible
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

New King James Version
And of Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s whelp; He shall leap from Bashan.”

New American Standard Bible
Of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub; He leaps out from Bashan.”

NASB 1995
Of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s whelp, That leaps forth from Bashan.”

NASB 1977
And of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s whelp, That leaps forth from Bashan.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s whelp, That leaps forth from Bashan.”

Amplified Bible
Of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub, That leaps forth from Bashan.”

Christian Standard Bible
He said about Dan: Dan is a young lion, leaping out of Bashan.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He said about Dan: Dan is a young lion, leaping out of Bashan.

American Standard Version
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And to Dan he said: “Dan, a whelp of a lion that suckled from Mathnin.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And to Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, and shall leap out of Basan.

Contemporary English Version
Tribe of Dan, you are like a lion cub, startled by a snake.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To Dan also he said: Dan is a young lion, he shall flow plentifully from Basan.

English Revised Version
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
About the tribe of [Dan]he said, "The people of Dan are a lion cub. Out of Bashan they pounce [on their enemies]."

Good News Translation
About the tribe of Dan he said: "Dan is a young lion; He leaps out from Bashan."

International Standard Version
About Dan he said: "Dan is a lion's cub, leaping forth from Bashan."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan.

Literal Standard Version
And of Dan he said: Dan [is] a lion’s whelp; He leaps from Bashan.

Majority Standard Bible
Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”

New American Bible
Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s cub, that springs away from a viper!

NET Bible
Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's cub; he will leap forth from Bashan.

New Revised Standard Version
And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion’s whelp that leaps forth from Bashan.

New Heart English Bible
Of Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's cub that leaps out of Bashan."

Webster's Bible Translation
And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

World English Bible
About Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub that leaps out of Bashan.”

Young's Literal Translation
And of Dan he said: -- Dan is a lion's whelp; he doth leap from Bashan.

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Context
Moses Blesses the Twelve Tribes
21He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.” 22Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.” 23Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”…

Cross References
Genesis 49:16
Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

Job 37:1
"At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.

Ezekiel 19:2
and say: 'What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

Ezekiel 19:3
She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.


Treasury of Scripture

And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

Genesis 49:16,17
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel…

Joshua 19:47
And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

Judges 13:2,24,25
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not…

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(22) Dan is a lion's whelp.--Jacob compared him to a serpent and an adder. The lion of the tribe of Dan is not like the lion of the tribe of Judah.

He shall leap from Bashan.--The taking of Laish is probably referred to. It was a sudden, treacherous surprise, like the spring of a lion on his prey (Judges 18:27-28). The "hill of Bashan" is opposed to God's hill in Psalm 68:15. The "king of Bashan" are reproved (Amos 4:1). The "bulls of Bashan" represent the enemies of Christ in Psalm 22:12.

O Naphtali . . . possess thou the west (literally, the sea) and the south.--This is not easy to interpret literally. The only sea in Naphtali's inheritance was the Sea of Galilee. If we look on to the days when that sea becomes famous in Holy Scripture, we find our Saviour dwelling in "the land of Zeoulun and the land of Naphtali," and through his Galilean followers possessing the west and the south, taking the "nations for his inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for His possession."

Verse 22. - Jacob compared Dan to a serpent that suddenly springs forth by the way, and bites the heels of a horse so that the rider falls backward. Moses here compares the tribe to a young lion that suddenly leaps from its lair in Bashan on the object of its attack. Both similitudes relate to the vigor and force which the tribe should display in conflict.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Concerning Dan
וּלְדָ֣ן (ū·lə·ḏān)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1835: Dan -- 'judge', a son of Jacob, also a place in Northern Israel

he said:
אָמַ֔ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Dan [is]
דָּ֖ן (dān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1835: Dan -- 'judge', a son of Jacob, also a place in Northern Israel

a lion’s
אַרְיֵ֑ה (’ar·yêh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 738: A lion

cub,
גּ֣וּר (gūr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1482: A cub, of the lion

leaping
יְזַנֵּ֖ק (yə·zan·nêq)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2187: To draw together the feet, to spring forward

out of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

Bashan.”
הַבָּשָֽׁן׃ (hab·bā·šān)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1316: Bashan -- 'smooth', a region East of the Jordan


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