Numbers 24:7

What does Numbers 24:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 24:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Peoples will be in fear before his strength, his arm will be on great nations: his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom made great in honour.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

He maketh water flow from his buckets, And his seed <FI>is<Fi> in many waters; And higher than Agag <FI>is<Fi> his king, And exalted is his kingdom.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Water shall flow out of his bucket, and his seed shall be in many waters. For Agag his king shall be removed, and his kingdom shall be taken away.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Water shall flow out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in great waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

Context

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.

v.7This passage

v.8God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite them through with his arrows.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Chronicles 14:2

    And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel’s sake.

  • Psalms 18:43

    Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

  • Psalms 2:6

    Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.

  • Psalms 68:26

    Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.

  • John 1:49

    Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.

  • Daniel 2:44

    And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

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