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Numbers 24:7

Agag

5 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.

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.

9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted.
ASV
Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.
DARBY
Water shall flow out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in great waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
BLB
He shall pour water from his buckets, and his seed [is] abundant in waters. And his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
ÅB
Det strømmer vann av hans spann, og hans slekt bor ved store vann. Mektigere enn Agag[^2] skal hans konge være, opphøyet hans kongerike!
OTB
Rikelig vann skal flyte fra hans kar, og hans etterkommere skal være tallrike; hans konge skal være større enn Agag, og hans kongerike skal løftes høyt.
B1930
Det strømmer vann av hans spann, og hans ætt bor ved store vann. Mektigere enn Agag skal hans konge være, ophøiet hans kongerike! / < sannsynligvis et felles navn på amalekittenes konger; 1SA 15, 8.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • 2 Samuel 5:12

    And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.

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  • 1 Chronicles 14:2

    And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

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  • Jeremiah 51:13

    O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

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  • Revelation 17:1

    And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

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  • Revelation 19:16

    And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:8–9

    And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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  • Revelation 17:15

    And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

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  • Psalms 93:3–4

    The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

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