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Numbers 24:25 KJV
Numbers · chapter 24 · verse 25
And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.Numbers 24:25 · King James Version
Numbers 24:25 in context
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)
- returnedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- BalaamBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophetH1109 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- BalakBâlâqBalak, a Moabitish kingH1111 →
- wentyâlakto walkH3212 →
- wenthâlakto walkH1980 →
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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