Numbers 24:7

Numbers 24:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
• New International Version (NIV)Water will flow from their buckets; their seed will have abundant water. “Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters; his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He shall pour water from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters. “His king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.

Context of Numbers 24:7

5How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwellings, O Israel! 6Like valleys they are spread out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes planted by Adonai, like cedars beside the waters. Water will flow from his buckets, his seed by abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag , his kingdom will be exalted. 8God is bringing him out of Egypt. like the strong horns of a wild ox. He devours nations hostile to him. He will crush their bones. His arrows will pierce them. 9He crouches like a lion or a lioness— who would rouse him? He who blesses you will be blessed, and he who curses you will be cursed.”

Numbers 24:7 word by word

יִֽזַּל־מַ֙יִם֙ מִדָּ֣לְיָ֔ו וְזַרְע֖וֹ בְּמַ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים וְיָרֹ֤ם מֵֽאֲגַג֙ מַלְכּ֔וֹ וְתִנַּשֵּׂ֖א מַלְכֻתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He shall pourנָזַלnâzal · to flowH5140
• the waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of his bucketsדְּלִיdelîy dŏlîy · bucketH1805
• and his seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• in manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• and his kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• shall be higherרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• than Agagאֲגָג'ăgag · AgagH90
• and his kingdomמַלְכוּתmalkûth malkûth malkûyâh · royaltyH4438
• shall be exaltedנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: exaltH5375

Cross-references for Numbers 24:7

• Numbers 21:5The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why have you brought us from Egypt to die in the wilderness, because there is no bread, no water, and our very spirits detest the despicable food?
• Numbers 23:22God is bringing them from Egypt with the strong horns of the wild ox!
• Numbers 14:9Only don’t rebel against Adonai, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They will be food for us. The protection over them is gone. Adonai is with us! Do not fear them.”
• Numbers 23:24The people rise like a lioness, like a lion who does not rest until he eats his prey and drinks his victim’s blood!”
• Deuteronomy 7:1“When Adonai your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out many nations before you—the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you—
• Psalms 2:9You shall break the nations with an iron scepter. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s jar.”
• Isaiah 38:13I stilled my soul till morning. Like a lion, He will break all my bones. From day till night You make my end.
• Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered flock— lions have driven them away. First, Assyria’s king devoured him. This last one who broke his bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
• Daniel 6:24Then the king was overjoyed, and ordered Daniel taken up out of the den. So Daniel was lifted out of the pit. No injury of any kind was found on him because he had trusted in his God.
• Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap calamities upon them. With My arrows I will finish them.
• Psalms 21:12Though they intended evil against You and devised a plot, they cannot succeed.
• Psalms 45:5In your majesty ride victoriously, on behalf of truth, meekness and justice. Let your right hand display awesome things.
• Jeremiah 50:9For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon an alliance of great nations from the north. They will form battle lines against her, from there she will be captured. Their arrows will be like a warrior who bereaves, not returning empty.

Commentaries on Numbers 24:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He shall pour the water out of his buckets, etc. - Here is a very plain allusion to their method of raising water in different parts of the East. By the well a tall pole is erected, which serves as a fulcrum to a very long lever, to the smaller end of which a bucket is appended. On the opposite end, which is much larger, are many notches cut in the wood, which serve as steps for a man, whose business it is to climb up to the fulcrum, in order to lower the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Balaam‘s native soil was ordinarily irrigated by water fetched from the neighboring Euphrates, and carried in buckets suspended from the two ends of a pole. Thus the metaphor would import that Israel should have his own exuberant and unfailing channels of blessing and plenty. Some take the word to be predictive of the future benefits which, through the means of Israel, were to accrue to the rest of the world. Agag - The name, apparently hereditary…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The Lord’s favor is shown by comparing Israel to groves and gardens that have plenty of water. In a dry land, water brings life and growth. This picture shows how God was caring for his people. Israel’s growing population also showed God’s blessing (24:7; as mentioned in 23:10). This growth would become even clearer in the second census recorded in chapter 26.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. How goodly are thy tents, ... O Israel!--a fine burst of admiration, expressed in highly poetical strains. All travellers describe the beauty which the circular area of Bedouin tents impart to the desert. How impressive, then, must have been the view, as seen from the heights of Abarim, of the immense camp of Israel extended over the subjacent plains.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