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Numbers 24:21

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

KJV

Vidit quoque Cinæum : et assumpta parabola, ait : Robustum quidem est habitaculum tuum : sed si in petra posueris nidum tuum,

Vulgate

καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν Κεναῖον καὶ ἀναλαβὼν τὴν παραβολὴν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Ἰσχυρὰ ἡ κατοικία σου· καὶ ἐὰν θῇς ἐν πέτρᾳ τὴν νοσσιάν σου,

LXX

And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

ASV

וַ/יַּרְא֙ אֶת הַ/קֵּינִ֔י וַ/יִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖/וֹ וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר אֵיתָן֙ מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔/ךָ וְ/שִׂ֥ים בַּ/סֶּ֖לַע קִנֶּֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵיתָֽן
'ytn
adjective · 13×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
וֹ
v
noun · 13×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
noun · 44×
סֶּ֔לַע
sl'
noun · 59×
קֵּינִֽי
qyny
noun · 13×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 15:6 — And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.
  • Gen 15:19 — The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,