Numbers 24:22

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“Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.””

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BSBPD

“Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“But the Kenite is for a burning; Till when doth Asshur keep thee captive?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 24:22 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
  2. Genesis 10:22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
  3. Ezra 4:2they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
  4. Psalms 83:8Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
  5. Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

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

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