Numbers 24:23

And he took up his parable, and said: Woe to the wicked who may live when God doeth this!

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

In Context

22But yet Shalmaah shall be destroyed, For Athuria will make thee captive.

24And ships will come from the Kittaee, And afflict Athur, and subdue beyond the Phrat; But they also shall perish forever.

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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 →

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