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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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