Numbers 24:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.”
Numbers 24:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Numbers 24:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Numbers 24:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, “Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.”
Numbers 24:21 — World English Bible
Numbers 24:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock. ”
Numbers 24:21 — American Standard Version
Numbers 24:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And he seeth the Kenite, and taketh up his simile, and saith: `Enduring <FI>is<Fi> thy dwelling, And setting in a rock thy nest,”
Numbers 24:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 24:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he saw the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Firm is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest fixed in the rock; ”
Numbers 24:21 — Darby Translation
Numbers 24:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he looked on the Kenites, and vttered his parable, and sayde, Strong is thy dwelling place, and put thy nest in the rocke.”
Numbers 24:21 — Geneva Bible
Numbers 24:21 in Context — Numbers 24
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
What Does Numbers 24:21 Mean?
Numbers 24:21 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 24. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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