Numbers 24:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?”
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“Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Alas! who doth live when God doth this?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 24:23 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 23:23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
- 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
- Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
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