Numbers 23:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 23:9

7 And he ^atook up his oracle and said:
“Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram,
From the mountains of the east.
^b‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
And come, ^cdenounce Israel!’

8 “How^a shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

9 For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! ^aA people dwelling alone,
^bNot reckoning itself among the nations.

10 “Who^a can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number one-fourth of Israel?
Let me die ^bthe death of the righteous,
And let my end be like his!”

11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? ^aI took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them bountifully!”

12 So he answered and said, ^a“Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”

Balaam’s Second Prophecy

13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the outer part of them, and shall not see them all; curse them for me from there.”

14 So he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, ^aand built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

15 And he said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering while I¹ meet the Lord over there.”

Verse Comparison: Numbers 23:9

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American Standard Version
For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Amplified® Bible
For from the top of the rocks I see Israel, and from the hills I behold him. Behold, the people [of Israel] shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned {and} esteemed among the nations.

Contemporary English Version
"From the mountain peaks, I look down and see Israel, the obedient people of God.

Darby English Version
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, [it is] a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Good News Bible
From the high rocks I can see them; I can watch them from the hills. They are a nation that lives alone; They know they are blessed more than other nations.

King James Version
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

New American Standard Bible
"As I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; Behold, a people {who} dwells apart, And will not be reckoned among the nations.

New International Version
From the rocky peaks I see them,
from the heights I view them.
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves one of the nations.

New King James Version
For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! A people dwelling alone,
Not reckoning itself among the nations.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"As I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; Behold, a people who dwells apart, And will not become reckoned among the nations.

Revised Standard Version
For from the top of the mountains I see him, from the hills I behold him; lo, a people dwelling alone, and not reckoning itself among the nations!

Young's Literal Translation
For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself.

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