Numbers 23:22

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“God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.”

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BSBPD

“God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 23:22 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
  2. Exodus 12:41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
  3. Exodus 12:51And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
  4. Exodus 14:18The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
  5. Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  6. Numbers 22:5he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
  7. Numbers 24:8God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
  8. Deuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
  9. Job 39:9Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
  10. Job 39:10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
  11. Job 39:11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
  12. Psalms 22:21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
  13. Psalms 68:35O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!
  14. Psalms 92:10But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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