Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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 did
not resort
to sorcery
as
on
previous
occasions
, but
he turned
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,
When
Balaam looked
up and saw
Israel encamped
tribe
by tribe
, 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 lifted
up an
oracle
, saying
: “This
is
the
prophecy
of Balaam son of Beor ,
the prophecy
of
a
man whose eyes are open,
An
affirmation
of him
who is
hearing
sayings
of God --
Who a vision of
the Almighty seeth
, Falling
--
and
eyes uncovered
:
the
prophecy
of one
who hears
the
words
of God ,
who sees
a vision from
the Almighty, who
bows
down
with
eyes wide
open
:
How good
have
been
thy
tents, O Jacob, Thy
tabernacles
, O Israel ;
How lovely
are
your
tents, O Jacob, your
dwellings
, O Israel !
As
valleys
they have
been
stretched
out, As
gardens by
a river;
As
aloes Jehovah
hath
planted, As
cedars by
waters ;
They spread
out like
palm
groves
, like
gardens beside
a stream,
like
aloes the
LORD
has
planted, like
cedars 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.
Water will
flow from his buckets, and his seed will
have
abundant
water.
His king will
be
greater
than
Agag
, and his kingdom will
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 out of Egypt with
strength
like
a wild
ox
, to
devour
hostile
nations and crush
their bones, to
pierce
them
with 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 crouches
, he lies
down like
a lion ;
like
a lioness ,
who dares
to
rouse
him? Blessed are
those
who bless
you
and
cursed are
those
who
curse
you
. ”
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 ;
Then
Balak’s
anger burned
against Balaam, and he struck
his hands together
and said
to
Balaam, “I
summoned
you
to curse
my
enemies, but
behold
, you
have
persisted
in
blessing
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
, flee at
once
to
your
home!
I said I would
richly
reward
you
, but
instead
the
LORD
has
denied
your
reward
. ”
And
Balaam saith
unto
Balak, `
Did I not also
unto
thy
messengers whom
thou
hast
sent unto
me ,
speak,
saying,
Balaam answered
Balak, “
Did I not already
tell
the
messengers you
sent me
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 ?
that
even
if Balak were
to give
me his house full
of silver and gold, I could
not do
anything
of my
own
accord
, good or bad,
to
go
beyond
the
command
of the
LORD?
I will
speak whatever
the
LORD
says.
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. '
Now I am going back
to my people ,
but
come, let
me
warn
you
what
this people will
do
to your
people in the days to
come
. ”
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
--
Then
Balaam
lifted
up an oracle,
saying,
“This
is
the
prophecy
of Balaam son of Beor ,
the prophecy
of
a
man whose eyes are open,
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
:
the
prophecy
of one
who hears
the
words
of God ,
who
has
knowledge from
the Most High ,
who
sees
a vision from
the Almighty, who
bows
down
with
eyes wide
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 see him
, but not now; I behold him
, but not near .
A star will
come
forth
from Jacob, and a scepter
will
arise
from Israel .
He
will
crush
the
skulls
of Moab and strike
down
all the
sons of Sheth.
And
Edom hath
been
a possession, And
Seir hath
been
a
possession
, `for'
its
enemies,
And
Israel
is
doing
valiantly
;
Edom will
become
a possession, as
will
Seir, his
enemy
; but
Israel
will
perform
with
valor.
And
`one'
doth
rule
out
of
Jacob,
And
hath
destroyed
a remnant
from Ar
. '
A ruler
will
come
from Jacob
and
destroy
the
survivors
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
. '
Then
Balaam
saw
Amalek and lifted
up an
oracle
, saying
: “
Amalek was
first
among
the
nations,
but
his end is
destruction
. ”
And
he seeth
the Kenite,
and taketh
up his
simile
, and
saith
: `Enduring
`is'
thy
dwelling, And setting
in a rock
thy
nest,
Next
he saw
the Kenites
and lifted
up an
oracle
, saying
: “Your
dwelling place
is
secure
, and your
nest
is
set
in a cliff.
But
the
Kenite
is
for
a
burning;
Till
when doth
Asshur keep
thee
captive ?'
Yet
Kain
will
be
destroyed
when Asshur takes
you
captive .”
And
he
taketh
up his
simile
, and
saith
: `Alas!
who doth
live when
God doth
this
?
Once
more
Balaam
lifted
up an
oracle
, saying
: “Ah,
who can
live unless
God has
ordained
it
?
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
. '
Ships will
come
from the coasts
of Cyprus;
they will
subdue
Asshur and Eber, but
they
too
will
perish
forever
. ”
And
Balaam riseth,
and
goeth,
and turneth
back
to his place
, and Balak also hath
gone
on his way.
Then
Balaam arose
and returned
to his homeland
, and Balak also went
on his way.
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