Numbers 24:5
3 and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
4 the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
6 They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.
7 Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
- KJV
- How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
- WEB
- How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your dwellings, Israel!
- ASV
- How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
- DARBY
- How goodly are thy tents, Jacob, and thy tabernacles, Israel!
- BLB
- How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel!
- ÅB
- Hvor fagre er dine telt, Jakob, dine boliger, Israel!
- OTB
- Hvor vakre er dine telt, Jakob, dine boliger, Israel!
- B1930
- Hvor fagre er dine telt, Jakob, dine boliger, Israel!