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Numbers 23:24

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

KJV

Ecce populus ut leæna consurget, et quasi leo erigetur : non accubabit donec devoret prædam, et occisorum sanguinem bibat.

Vulgate

ἰδοὺ λαὸς ὡς σκύμνος ἀναστήσεται, καὶ ὡς λέων γαυριωθήσεται· οὐ κοιμηθήσεται ἕως φάγῃ θήραν, καὶ αἷμα τραυματιῶν πίεται.

LXX

Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

ASV

הֶן עָם֙ כְּ/לָבִ֣יא יָק֔וּם וְ/כַ/אֲרִ֖י יִתְנַשָּׂ֑א לֹ֤א יִשְׁכַּב֙ עַד יֹ֣אכַל טֶ֔רֶף וְ/דַם חֲלָלִ֖ים יִשְׁתֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
חַלְלֵי
chlly
adjective · 92×
טָ֑רֶף
trp
noun · 22×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
לָבִ֣יא
lby'
noun · 14×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 811×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 3:8 — The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
  • Deut 33:20 — And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
  • Gen 49:9 — Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
  • Gen 49:9 — Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
  • Gen 49:27 — Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
  • Gen 49:28 — All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
  • Isa 31:4 — For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor aba
  • Mic 5:8 — And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treade
  • Nah 2:11 — Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
  • Num 24:8 — 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.
  • Num 24:8 — 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.
  • Num 24:9 — 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.
  • Num 24:17 — I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the c
  • Prov 30:30 — A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
  • Prov 30:30 — A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
  • Ps 17:12 — Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Ps 57:3 — He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
  • Rev 5:5 — And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
  • Rev 19:11 — And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
  • Zech 10:4 — Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
  • Zech 12:6 — In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on th