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Numbers 24:17-19 KJV
Numbers · chapter 24 · verses 17–19 · King James Version
17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. 19Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.Numbers 24:17-19 · King James Version
Numbers 24:17-19 in context
15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
16He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
20And 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.
21And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- possessionyᵉrêshâhoccupancyH3424 →
- remainethsârîyda survivorH8300 →
- dominionrâdâhto tread downH7287 →
- Sceptreshêbeṭa scionH7626 →
- enemiesʼôyêbhatingH341 →
- destroyʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- beholdshûwrto spy outH7789 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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