Numbers 24:23
21 Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
22 Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”
Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?
24 Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
25 Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Så tok han igjen til å kvede og sa: Ve! Hvem skal bli i live når Gud lar dette skje?
- OTB
- Så begynte han sin uttalelse og sa: "Akk, hvem kan overleve med mindre Gud har villet det?
- B1930
- Så tok han igjen til å kvede og sa: Ve! Hvem skal bli i live når Gud lar dette skje?
- BSB
- Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?
- KJV
- And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
- WEB
- He took up his parable, and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?
- ASV
- And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?
- DARBY
- And he took up his parable, and said, Alas! Who shall live when God doeth this?
- BLB
- And he lifted up his oracle and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?
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Numbers 23:23
For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
Les i sammenhengMalachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
Les i sammenheng2 Kings 5:1
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
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