Numbers 23:22
What does Numbers 23:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 23:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
KJV
King James Version · 1611God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.
Context
v.21He 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.
v.22This passage
v.23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 68:35
O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
- Exodus 20:2
I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
- Psalms 22:21
Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
- Numbers 22:5
And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me.
- Psalms 92:10
But my horn hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.
- Exodus 14:18
And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
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