Genesis 49:4
Genesis 49:3-4 The Message (MSG)
Reuben, you’re my firstborn, my strength, first proof of my manhood, at the top in honor and at the top in power, But like a bucket of water spilled, you’ll be at the top no more, Because you climbed into your father’s marriage bed, mounting that couch, and you defiled it.
Genesis 49:4 King James Version (KJV)
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Genesis 49:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.
Genesis 49:4 New Century Version (NCV)
But you are uncontrolled like water, so you will no longer lead your brothers. This is because you got into your father’s bed and shamed me by having sexual relations with my slave girl.
Genesis 49:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Genesis 49:4 New International Version (NIV)
Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled it.
Genesis 49:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
Unstable as water, you shall not excel, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it— He went up to my couch.
Genesis 49:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“But unstable and reckless and boiling over like water [in sinful lust], you shall not excel or have the preeminence [of the firstborn], Because you went up to your father’s bed [with Bilhah]; You defiled it—he went up to my couch. [Gen 35:22]
Genesis 49:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
But you are as unruly as a flood, and you will be first no longer. For you went to bed with my wife; you defiled my marriage couch.