Balaam’s Second Oracle
Numbers 23:18
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
- KJV
- And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- WEB
- He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
- ASV
- And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- LSV
- And he takes up his allegory and says: “Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, son of Zippor!
- YLT
- And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!
- DBY
- Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!
- DRC
- But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:
- GNV
- And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.
- JPS
- And he took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- LXXE
- And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר ק֤וּם בָּלָק֙ וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע הַאֲזִ֥ינָה עָדַ֖י בְּנ֥וֹ צִפֹּֽר׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ, εἶπεν, ἀνάστηθι Βαλὰκ, καὶ ἄκουε, ἐνώτισαι μάρτυς υἱὸς Σεπφώρ.
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- Judges 3:20Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
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