Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And Balaam seeth
that `
it is'
good
in
the eyes
of
Jehovah
to bless Israel, and
he hath
not gone
as time
by
time
to meet
enchantments, and
he setteth
towards
the
wilderness
his face ;
And when
Balaam saw
that it pleased
the LORD
to bless Israel, he went
not ,
as at
other
times,
to seek
for
enchantments, but
he set
his face toward
the
wilderness.
and Balaam lifteth
up his eyes, and seeth
Israel tabernacling,
by
its
tribes ,
and the Spirit of God is
upon him ,
And Balaam lifted
up his eyes, and he
saw
Israel abiding
in
his
tents
according
to
their
tribes ;
and the spirit of God came
upon him .
and he taketh
up his simile
, and saith:
`An
affirmation
of
Balaam son of Beor --
And an
affirmation
of
the man whose eyes are shut
--
And he took
up his parable
, and said,
Balaam the
son of Beor hath
said,
and the man whose eyes are open
hath
said:
An
affirmation
of
him
who
is
hearing
sayings
of God --
Who
a
vision of the Almighty seeth
, Falling --
and
eyes uncovered
:
He
hath
said,
which
heard
the
words
of God ,
which
saw
the
vision of the Almighty, falling into
a
trance,
but
having
his
eyes open
:
How good
have
been
thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel ;
How goodly
are
thy tents, O Jacob, and
thy tabernacles, O Israel !
As valleys they have
been
stretched
out
, As gardens by a
river;
As aloes Jehovah
hath planted, As cedars
by
waters ;
As the
valleys are
they spread
forth
, as gardens by the
river's
side,
as the
trees
of
lign
aloes which
the
LORD
hath planted, and
as cedar
trees
beside
the
waters .
He maketh
water flow
from
his buckets, And his seed `is'
in many waters ;
And higher than Agag `is'
his
king
, And exalted
is
his kingdom.
He shall
pour
the
water out
of
his buckets, and his seed shall
be
in many waters ,
and his
king
shall
be
higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall
be
exalted
.
God is
bringing
him out of Egypt; As the swiftness
of a
Reem
is
to
him,
He eateth
up nations his adversaries
, And their bones he
breaketh
, And `
with '
his arrows he
smiteth,
God brought
him forth
out of Egypt; he
hath
as it
were
the strength
of an
unicorn:
he shall
eat
up the
nations his enemies
, and shall
break
their bones, and pierce
them
through
with his arrows .
He hath
bent
, he hath
lain
down as a lion, And as a lioness
: who doth
raise
him up? He
who
is blessing
thee `is'
blessed
, And he
who
is cursing
thee `is'
cursed
. '
He couched
, he lay
down as a lion, and as a great
lion
: who shall
stir
him up? Blessed
is he
that
blesseth
thee, and cursed
is he
that
curseth
thee.
And the
anger of
Balak
burneth
against Balaam, and he striketh
his hands ;
and Balak saith
unto Balaam, `To
pierce
mine
enemies
I called thee, and lo
, thou hast certainly
blessed --
these three times ;
And Balak's
anger was
kindled
against Balaam, and he smote
his hands together:
and Balak said
unto Balaam, I called thee to
curse
mine
enemies
, and, behold,
thou hast altogether
blessed them
these three times .
and
now ,
flee for
thyself
unto
thy place ;
I
have
said,
I do
greatly
honour
thee, and
lo, Jehovah
hath kept thee back from honour
. '
Therefore
now flee thou
to
thy place :
I thought
to
promote
thee unto
great
honor;
but
, lo, the
LORD
hath kept thee back from honor
.
And Balaam saith
unto Balak, `Did
I not also unto
thy messengers whom
thou hast
sent
unto me, speak,
saying,
And Balaam said
unto Balak, Spake
I not also to
thy messengers which
thou sentest
unto me, saying,
If Balak doth
give to
me the
fulness
of
his house of silver and gold, I am
not
able
to
pass
over
the command
of Jehovah
, to do good or evil
of mine own heart
--
that which
Jehovah
speaketh
--
it
I speak?
If Balak would
give me his house full
of silver and gold, I cannot
go
beyond
the commandment
of the
LORD
, to do either
good or bad
of mine own mind;
but
what
the
LORD
saith,
that will
I speak?
and ,
now, lo
, I am
going
to
my people ;
come, I counsel
thee `concerning'
that
which
this people doth
to thy people ,
in the latter end
of
the
days. '
And now, behold
, I go
unto
my people :
come therefore
, and
I will
advertise
thee what
this people shall
do
to thy people in the latter days.
And he taketh
up his simile
, and saith:
`An
affirmation
of
Balaam son of Beor --
And an
affirmation
of
the man whose eyes `
are '
shut
--
And he took
up his parable
, and said,
Balaam the
son of Beor hath
said,
and the man whose eyes are open
hath
said:
An
affirmation
of
him
who
is
hearing
sayings
of God --
And knowing
knowledge of the Most High ;
A
vision of the Almighty he
seeth
, Falling --
and
eyes uncovered
:
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
:
I see it
, but not now ;
I behold it
, but not near;
A star hath
proceeded
from
Jacob, And a sceptre hath
risen
from
Israel, And hath
smitten
corners of Moab, And hath
destroyed
all sons
of Sheth.
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 destroy
all the
children
of Sheth.
And Edom hath
been
a possession, And
Seir hath
been
a possession ,
`
for '
its
enemies ,
And Israel is
doing
valiantly ;
And Edom shall
be
a possession, Seir also
shall
be
a possession for his
enemies ;
and Israel shall
do
valiantly .
And
`one'
doth
rule
out of Jacob, And hath
destroyed
a
remnant
from
Ar
. '
Out of Jacob shall
come
he
that
shall
have
dominion
, and shall
destroy
him
that
remaineth
of
the
city
.
And he seeth
Amalek, and
taketh
up his simile
, and saith:
`A
beginning
of the Goyim
`is'
Amalek
; And
his latter end --
for ever he
perisheth
. '
And when
he looked
on
Amalek, he
took
up his parable
, and said,
Amalek
was
the
first
of the nations
; but
his latter end shall
be
that
he
perish
for ever.
And he seeth
the Kenite
, and taketh
up his simile
, and saith:
`Enduring
`
is '
thy dwelling, And setting
in a rock thy
nest,
And he looked
on
the Kenites
, and took
up his parable
, and said,
Strong
is thy dwelling place
, and thou
puttest
thy
nest
in a rock .
But
the Kenite is
for
a
burning;
Till
when
doth
Asshur keep
thee captive ?'
Nevertheless
the Kenite shall
be
wasted,
until
Asshur shall
carry
thee away
captive .
And he taketh
up his simile
, and saith:
`
Alas !
who doth
live when God doth
this ?
And he took
up his parable
, and said,
Alas ,
who shall
live when God doeth
this !
And --
ships `are'
from the side
of Chittim, And they
have
humbled
Asshur, And they
have
humbled
Eber, And it
also for ever is
perishing
. '
And ships shall
come
from the coast
of Chittim, and shall
afflict
Asshur, and shall
afflict
Eber, and he
also shall
perish
for ever.
And Balaam riseth
, and goeth,
and turneth
back
to his place ,
and Balak also hath
gone
on
his way.
And Balaam rose
up
, and went
and returned
to his place :
and Balak also went
his way.
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