Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageJudah is a young lion — you have come home from the hunt, my son. He crouches and lies down like a lion, like a fierce lioness — who would dare awaken him?
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GA lion's cub is Yehudah! From the prey, my son, you have climbed. He crouches, he couches like a lion, like a great lion — who dares rouse him?
KJV
King James VersionJudah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
BSB
Berean Standard BibleJudah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
Footnotes
Three Hebrew lion-words build an escalating image: גּוּר (gur = cub/young lion), אַרְיֵה (aryeh = adult male lion), and לָבִיא (lavi = a great lion, possibly lioness). The progression from cub to mature lion to the most formidable descriptor maps Yehudah's destiny onto royalty. Rev 5:5 calls the Messiah "the Lion of the tribe of Judah," making this verse a cornerstone of royal messianic typology. FOG Message renders לָבִיא as "fierce lioness," adding the terrifying image of a nursing mother defending her young — perhaps the most fearsome creature in the ancient world.
