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Numbers 24:23 KJV
Numbers · chapter 24 · verse 23
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!Numbers 24:23 · King James Version
Numbers 24:23 in context
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.
22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
25And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- parablemâshâlproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical natureH4912 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- AlasʼôwylamentationH188 →
- livechâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
- GodʼêlstrengthH410 →
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The office of prophets was both to bless and to prophesy in the name of the Lord. Balaam, as a prophet, per force had blessed Israel; here he foretels future events. I. His preface is much the same as that, Num 24:3, Num 24:4.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-25