14. Issachar is a strong-boned donkey crouching down between the sheepfolds.
15. And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear [his burdens] and became a servant to tribute [subjected to forced labor].
16. Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
17. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a horned snake in the path, that bites at the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.
18. I wait for Your salvation, O Lord.
19. Gad–a raiding troop shall raid him, but he shall raid at their heels and assault them [victoriously].
20. Asher's food [supply] shall be rich and fat, and he shall yield and deliver royal delights.
21. Naphtali is a hind let loose which yields lovely fawns.
22. Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well (spring or fountain), whose branches run over the wall.
23. Skilled archers have bitterly attacked and sorely worried him; they have shot at him and persecuted him.