Numbers 23:21
What does Numbers 23:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 23:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God <FI>is<Fi> with him, And a shout of a king <FI>is<Fi> in him.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752There is no idol in Jacob, neither is there an image god to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the sound of the victory of the king in him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah hisGod is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
- Exodus 34:9
And he said, If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
- Psalms 32:2
Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile.
- Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
- Judges 6:13
And Gideon said unto him, Oh, my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? but now Jehovah hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
- Psalms 46:11
Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. [Selah
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