Tree of Life Version
Numbers 24:14
14Now, behold, I am going back to my people. Come, let me counsel you what these people will do to your people in the latter days.
Numbers 24:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
- New International Version (NIV)Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you of what this people will do to your people in days to come.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, I will let you know what this people will do to your people in the latter days."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And now, indeed, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days.”
Context of Numbers 24:14
12Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I indeed tell your messengers whom you sent to me saying: 13‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the mouth of Adonai, to do good or bad from my own heart? Whatever Adonai may speak, I will speak!’ Now, behold, I am going back to my people. Come, let me counsel you what these people will do to your people in the latter days. 15Then he uttered his oracle: The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the strong man whose eye is opened, 16the oracle of one hearing God’s speech, one experiencing Elyon’s knowledge, one seeing Shaddai’s vision, one fallen down, yet with open eyes:
Read all of Numbers 24Numbers 24:14 word by word
וְעַתָּ֕ה הִנְנִ֥י הוֹלֵ֖ךְ לְעַמִּ֑י לְכָה֙ אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֜ה הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֛ה לְעַמְּךָ֖ בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית הַיָּמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 24:14
- Numbers 24:3He uttered his oracle and said: “This is the oracle of Balaam son of Beor, and the oracle of a strong man whose eye has been opened,
- Numbers 23:7Then he uttered his oracle and said, “From Aram, Balak brought me, Moab’s king from the mountains of the east: ‘Come! Curse Jacob for me! ‘Come! Denounce Israel!’
- Job 27:1And Job took up his discourse again, saying:
- Matthew 13:35in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open My mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Commentaries on Numbers 24:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14I will advertise thee - i. e., “I will advise thee,” words which refer to the ensuing prophecy.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-14Verses 10-14 This vain attempt to curse Israel is ended. Balak broke out into a rage against Balaam, and expressed great vexation. Balaam has a very full excuse; God restrained him from saying what he would have said, and constrained him to say what he would not have uttered.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come: Since Balak tried to curse Israel, God would curse him and his people (24:9). The harm Balak wanted to cause Israel will instead happen to Moab.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1410-14. Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together--The "smiting of the hands together" is, among Oriental people, an indication of the most violent rage (see Eze 21:17; 22:13) and ignominious dismissal.Read the comment
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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
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