Numbers 23:22
God brought them out of Egypt where they were slaves; he is as strong as a wild ox.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 12:41On the day that those 430 years ended, on that very day, all the tribes of Yahweh’s people left Egypt.
Exodus 14:18And when I have won a glorious victory over the king and his chariots and his horsemen, the other Egyptians will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.”
Numbers 22:5He sent messengers to a prophet named Balaam, who was living in his own area, in Pethor town, near the Euphrates River. He sent this message to request that Balaam would come to help him: “A huge group of people has arrived here from Egypt. It looks like they are covering the entire land! And they have begun to live close to us.
Deuteronomy 33:17The descendants of Joseph will be as strong as [SIM] a bull; with their weapons they will wound their enemies, like [MET] a wild ox gores other animals with its horns. They will force other people-groups, all of them, to be exiled to the most distant places on the earth. That is what the descendants of the two sons of Joseph will do, the ten thousands of the tribe of Ephraim and the thousands of the tribe of Manasseh.
Job 39:10And can you fasten it with a rope so that it will plow furrows/trenches in your fields?
Psalms 22:21Snatch me away from my enemies who are like lions whose jaws are already open, ready to chew me up Grab me away from those men who are like wild oxen that attack other animals with their horns [MET]!
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30
Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →