Numbers 24:23
וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַר אוֹי מִי יִחְיֶה מִשֻּׂמוֹ אֵֽל ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
In Context
22כִּי אִם ־ יִהְיֶה לְבָעֵֽר קָיִן עַד ־ מָה אַשּׁוּר תִּשְׁבֶּֽךָּ ׃
24וְצִים מִיַּד כִּתִּים וְעִנּוּ אַשּׁוּר וְעִנּוּ ־ עֵבֶר וְגַם ־ הוּא עֲדֵי אֹבֵֽד ׃
Cross References
2 Kings 5:1וְנַעֲמָן שַׂר ־ צְבָא מֶֽלֶךְ ־ אֲרָם הָיָה אִישׁ גָּדוֹל לִפְנֵי אֲדֹנָיו וּנְשֻׂא פָנִים כִּֽי ־ בוֹ נָֽתַן ־ יְהוָה תְּשׁוּעָה לַאֲרָם וְהָאִישׁ הָיָה גִּבּוֹר חַיִל מְצֹרָֽע ׃
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 →