Numbers 24:5
3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall 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!