Numbers 24:23

In 11 translations

BSB

Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?

KJV

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

WEB

He took up his parable, and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?

ASV

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

LSV

And he takes up his allegory and says: “Woe! Who lives when God does this?

YLT

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Alas! who doth live when God doth this?

DBY

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas! Who shall live when God doeth this?El

DRC

And taking up his parable, again he said: Alas, who shall live when God shall do these things?

GNV

Againe he vttered his parable, and sayd, Alas, who shall liue when God doeth this?

JPS

And he took up his parable, and said: Alas, who shall live after God hath appointed him?

LXXE

And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall do these things?Gr. put.

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WLC

וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר א֕וֹי מִ֥י יִחְיֶ֖ה מִשֻּׂמ֥וֹ אֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Ὢγ, καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ, εἶπεν, ὢ ὢ, τίς ζήσεται, ὅταν θῇ ταῦτα ὁ Θεός;

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• Numbers 23:23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
• 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a…
• Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

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