Numbers 24:6

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:

5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

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.

8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

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
They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.
KJV
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.
WEB
As valleys they are spread out, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which the LORD has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
ASV
As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters.
DARBY
Like valleys are they spread forth, like gardens by the river side, Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted, like cedars beside the waters.
BLB
Like valleys that stretch out, like gardens by the river, like aloes planted by YHWH, like cedars beside the waters.
ÅB
Som vide bekkedaler, som haver ved en elv, som aloëtrær Herren har plantet, som sedrer ved vannet!
OTB
Som daler strekker de seg, som hager ved en elv, som aloer plantet av Herren, som sedrer ved vannene.
B1930
Som vide bekkedaler, som haver ved en elv, som aloëtrær Herren har plantet, som sedrer ved vannet!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 1:3

    And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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  • Isaiah 58:11

    And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

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  • Psalms 104:16

    The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

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  • Song of Solomon 6:11

    I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.

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  • Psalms 45:8

    All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

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  • Psalms 92:12–14

    The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

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  • Joel 3:18

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

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  • Genesis 2:8–10

    And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

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