Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
KJV
assumptaque parabola sua, dixit : De Aram adduxit me Balac rex Moabitarum, de montibus orientis : Veni, inquit, et maledic Jacob ; propera, et detestare Israël.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Ἐκ Μεσοποταμίας μετεπέμψατό με Βαλάκ, βασιλεὺς Μωὰβ ἐξ ὀρέων ἀπ’ ἀνατολῶν, λέγων Δεῦρο ἄρασαί μοι τὸν Ἰακώβ, καὶ δεῦρο ἐπικατάρασαί μοι τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
ASV
וַ/יִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖/וֹ וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר מִן אֲ֠רָם יַנְחֵ֨/נִי בָלָ֤ק מֶֽלֶךְ מוֹאָב֙ מֵֽ/הַרְרֵי קֶ֔דֶם לְכָ/ה֙ אָֽרָ/ה לִּ֣/י יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּ/לְכָ֖/ה זֹעֲמָ֥/ה יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Hebrew
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16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
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3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 17:10 — And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
- 1Sam 17:45 — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou
- 2Sam 23:9 — And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were
- Deut 23:4 — Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
- Deut 23:4 — Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
- Gen 29:1 — Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
- Hab 2:6 — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick cl
- Isa 2:6 — Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers
- Job 1:3 — His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all
- Job 27:1 — Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- Job 27:1 — Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- Job 29:1 — Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- Mark 12:12 — And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
- Matt 13:33 — Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- Matt 13:35 — That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
- Mic 2:4 — In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! tu
- Mic 2:4 — In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! tu
- Num 22:5 — He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt:
- Num 22:5 — He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt:
- Num 22:6 — Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that h
- Num 23:11 — And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
- Num 23:18 — And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- Num 24:3 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- Num 24:3 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- Num 24:15 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- Num 24:15 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- Num 24:23 — And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
- Prov 26:2 — As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
- Ps 49:4 — I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
- Ps 78:2 — I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: