Numbers 24:25

Numbers 24:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Balaam got up and returned home, and Balak went his own way.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Balaam rose and went back to his place. And Balak also went his way.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Balaam rose and departed and returned to his place; Balak also went his way.

Context of Numbers 24:25

23Then Balaam spoke this message: ‘It is very bad for you! Nobody can live when God does these things! 24Ships will come from the coast of Cyprus island. Their soldiers will attack Assyria and Eber. Then God will destroy them too.’ After he spoke those messages, Balaam returned to his home. King Balak also left that place.

Numbers 24:25 word by word

וַיָּ֣קָם בִּלְעָ֔ם וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ וַיָּ֣שָׁב לִמְקֹמ֑וֹ וְגַם־בָּלָ֖ק הָלַ֥ךְ לְדַרְכּֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Balaamבִּלְעָםbil‛âm · BalaamH1109
• rose upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• and wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to his placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• and Balakבָּלָקbâlâq · BalakH1111
• also wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• his wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870

Cross-references for Numbers 24:25

• Numbers 24:1Balaam realized that the Lord wanted to bless the Israelites. So he did not use magic again to find out what the Lord wanted him to do. Instead, he looked towards the desert.
• Numbers 24:6They are like green gardens in a valley beside a river. They are like tall trees that the Lord has put there. They are like cedar trees that grow beside water.
• Numbers 33:49They made their camp on the flat ground beside the river. Their tents covered the ground from Beth-Jeshimoth to Abel-Shittim.
• Joshua 2:1Then Joshua sent two men to go out from Shittim. He sent them in secret to see what the land was like. He told them, ‘Go! Look at all the land. Look very carefully at Jericho city.’ When they came to Jericho city, they arrived at the house of a prostitute. Her name was Rahab. They stayed there.
• Joshua 3:1Early the next morning, Joshua and all the Israelites left Shittim. They put up their tents beside the Jordan River. They waited to cross the river.
• Micah 6:5My people, please remember the bad things that King Balak of Moab tried to do. And remember what Balaam, Beor's son, answered him. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal. Then you will remember that I, the Lord, do good things.’
• Numbers 31:15Moses said to them, ‘Why have you let all the women live?
• Ecclesiastes 7:26I learned this: Some women are like a trap that catches animals. Women like that are more dangerous than death. They may pretend to love you. They may hold you in their arms. But really their arms are like chains. They want to catch you, as hunters catch animals. Women like that will easily catch a man who has turned away from God. But a man who pleases God will escape from them.
• 1 Corinthians 10:8Nor must we ever have sex in wrong ways. Some of our ancestors did that, and 23,000 of them died in one day as a result.

Commentaries on Numbers 24:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25And Balaam - returned to his place - Intended to have gone to Mesopotamia, his native country, (see Deuteronomy 23:4;), but seems to have settled among the Midianites, where he was slain by the Israelites; see Numbers 31:8. Though the notes in the preceding chapters have been extended to a considerable length, yet a few additional remarks may be necessary: the reader's attention is earnestly requested to the following propositions: - It appears…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Returned to his own place - i. e., among the Midianites to plot by new means against the people of God, and to perish in his sin Numbers 31:8, Numbers 31:16; Revelation 2:14.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-25Verses 15-25 Under the powerful influence of the Spirit of prophecy, Balaam foretold the future prosperity and extensive dominion of Israel. Balaam boasts that his eyes are open. The prophets were in old times called seers. He had heard the words of God, which many do who neither heed them, nor hear God in them. He knew the knowledge of the Most High. A man may be full of the knowledge of God, yet utterly destitute of the grace of God. He calls God the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Balaam did not yet go back to Pethor (31:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Balaam rose up, and went ... to his place--Mesopotamia, to which, however, he did not return. (See on Nu 31:8).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Balaam
• Advertise
• Coast
• Rise
• Tabernacle
• Abel-Shittim
• Balak
• Charm
• Divination
• Genealogy

Commentaries on Numbers 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings