Numbers 23:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”
Numbers 23:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Numbers 23:24 in 6 Bible Translations
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Numbers 23:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.””
Numbers 23:24 — World English Bible
Numbers 23:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain. ”
Numbers 23:24 — American Standard Version
Numbers 23:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'”
Numbers 23:24 — Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 23:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain. ”
Numbers 23:24 — Darby Translation
Numbers 23:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Behold, the people shall rise vp as a lyon, and lift vp himselfe as a yong lyon: hee shall not lye downe, till he eate of the pray, and till he drinke the blood of the slayne.”
Numbers 23:24 — Geneva Bible
Numbers 23:24 in Context — Numbers 23
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?
What Does Numbers 23:24 Mean?
Numbers 23:24 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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