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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Balaam rose and departed and returned to his place; Balak also went his way.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then Balaam left and returned home, and Balak also went on his way.

Context of Numbers 24:25

23And he took up his discourse and said, "Alas, who shall live when God does this? 24But ships shall come from Kittim and shall afflict Asshur and Eber; and he too shall come to utter destruction." Then Balaam rose and went back to his place. And Balak also went his way.

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 24:1When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
• Numbers 24:6Like palm groves that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.
• Numbers 33:49they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
• Joshua 2:1And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." And they went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab and lodged there.
• Joshua 3:1Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
• Micah 6:5O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord."
• Numbers 31:15Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
• Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
• 1 Corinthians 10:8We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.

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