Numbers 24:23
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doth appoint this one?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
In Context
22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted: whither will Asshur carry thee away captive?
Cross References
2 Kings 5:1And Na'aman, the captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man before his Lord, and highly honored; because by him had the Lord given victory unto Syria: and this man was valiant in war, [but] a leper.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:16-25
Balaam's Prophecy. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and… Read the whole commentary →