KJV King James Version
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 24:21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
WEB World English Bible
He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, “Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.
ASV American Standard Version
And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he seeth the Kenite, and taketh up his simile, and saith: ‘Enduring is thy dwelling, And setting in a rock thy nest,
Surrounding context — Numbers 24
18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
20 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.
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
24 And ships [shall come] from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
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וַיַּרְא֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַקֵּינִ֔יH7017 · qe.niKeniteוַיִּשָּׂ֥אH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseמְשָׁל֖וֹH4912 · ma.shalproverbוַיֹּאמַ֑רH559 · a.marto sayאֵיתָן֙H386 · e.tanstrongמֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָH4186 · mo.shavseatוְשִׂ֥יםH7760 · sumto set: makeבַּסֶּ֖לַעH5553 · se.larockקִנֶּֽךָ׃H7064 · qennest
Cross-references
Genesis 15:19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,Job 29:18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.Judges 1:16And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
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