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Numbers 22:2

What does Numbers 22:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 22:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Now Balak, the son of Zippor, saw what Israel had done to the Amorites.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Balak son of Zippor seeth all that Israel hath done to the Amorite,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Balac the son of Sephor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorrhite,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

Context

v.1And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.

v.2This passage

v.3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 11:25

    And now art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

  • Numbers 21:20

    and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.

  • Numbers 21:3

    And Jehovah hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah.

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