Numbers 24:15

In 11 translations

BSB

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,

KJV

¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

WEB

He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;

ASV

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

LSV

And he takes up his allegory and says: “An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor, || And an affirmation of the man whose eyes [are] shut;

YLT

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 —

DBY

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,

DRC

Therefore taking up his parable, again he said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man whose eye is stopped up, hath said:

GNV

And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd,

JPS

And he took up his parable, and said: The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, and the saying of the man whose eye is opened;

LXXE

And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,

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WLC

וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נְאֻ֤ם בִּלְעָם֙ בְּנ֣וֹ בְעֹ֔ר וּנְאֻ֥ם הַגֶּ֖בֶר שְׁתֻ֥ם הָעָֽיִן׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ, εἶπε,

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• Numbers 23:7And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
• Numbers 24:3–4and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open, the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows…
• Numbers 23:18Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
• Job 27:1Job continued his discourse:
• Matthew 13:35So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

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