Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf. This tribe, whose settlement was to lie on the border, should be characterized by impetuosity, fierceness, stealthy measures, and a warlike appetite (cf. Judges 3:15; Judges 5:14; Judges 15:1-20; 1 Samuel 11:1; 1 Samuel 13:1-23; 1 Chronicles 8:40; 2 Chronicles 14:8). 'The words will sum up the strange union of fierceness and gentleness, of sudden resolves for good and evil, which run, as hereditary qualities often do run, through the whole history of that frontier clan' (Stanley's 'Jewish Church,' second series).