Kejadian 49:6

49:6 O my soul, do not come into their council,

do not be united to their assembly, my heart, ¹ 

for in their anger they have killed men,

and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.

Kejadian 49:2

49:2 “Assemble and listen, you sons of Jacob;

listen to Israel, your father.

Pengkhotbah 2:10

2:10 I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; ² 

I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. ³ 

So all my accomplishments gave me joy; ⁴ 

this was my reward for all my effort. ⁵ 

[49:6]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text reads “my glory,” but it is preferable to repoint the form and read “my liver.” The liver was sometimes viewed as the seat of the emotions and will (see HALOT 456 s.v. II כָּבֵד) for which the heart is the modern equivalent.

[2:10]  ² tn Heb “all which my eyes asked for, I did not withhold from them.”

[2:10]  ³ tn Heb “I did not refuse my heart any pleasure.” The term לִבִּי (libbi, “my heart”) is a synecdoche of part (i.e., heart) for the whole (i.e., whole person); see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 648. The term is repeated twice in 2:10 for emphasis.

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “So my heart was joyful from all my toil.”

[2:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and this was my portion from all my toil.”