Numbers 24:5

What does Numbers 24:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 24:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your houses, O Israel!

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

How beautiful are thy tabernacles O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel!

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

How goodly are thy tents, Jacob, and thy tabernacles, Israel!

Context

v.4He saith, who heareth the words of God, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:

v.5This passage

v.6As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters.

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