Balaam’s Third Oracle
Numbers 24:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- 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,
- 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:whose…: Heb. who had his eyes shut, but now opened
- 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
- He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye ire stopped up:
- 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 son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נְאֻ֤ם בִּלְעָם֙ בְּנ֣וֹ בְעֹ֔ר וּנְאֻ֥ם הַגֶּ֖בֶר שְׁתֻ֥ם הָעָֽיִן׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ, εἶπε, φησὶ Βαλαὰμ υἱοῖς Βεὼρ, φησὶν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἀληθινῶς ὁρῶν,
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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 24:16the 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:
- Numbers 22:31Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.
- Numbers 23:18Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
- Numbers 24:4the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
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