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Numbers 24:15

BalaamBeor

13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

16 He 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:

17 I 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.

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BSB
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
KJV
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
WEB
He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;
ASV
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;
DARBY
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,
BLB
And he lifted up his oracle and said, “An utterance of Balaam son of Beor and a declaration of the man [with] opened eyes,
ÅB
Og han tok til å kvede og sa: Så sier Bileam, Beors sønn, så sier mannen hvis øye er lukket,
OTB
Så begynte han sin uttalelse og sa: "Uttalelsen til Bileam, Beors sønn, uttalelsen til mannen hvis øye er åpent,
B1930
Og han tok til å kvede og sa: Så sier Bileam, Beors sønn, så sier mannen hvis øie er lukket,

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  • Numbers 24:3–4

    And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

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  • Numbers 23:7

    And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

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  • Numbers 23:18

    And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

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  • Job 27:1

    Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

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  • Matthew 13:35

    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

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