Numbers 23:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

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  • Gen 49:9 : 9 Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?
  • Gen 49:27 : 27 Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.
  • Num 24:8-9 : 8 It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows. 9 He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.
  • Num 24:17 : 17 I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth.
  • Deut 33:20 : 20 Of Gad he said, A blessing be on him who makes wide the limits of Gad: he takes his rest like a she-lion, taking for himself the arm and the crown of the head.
  • Ps 17:12 : 12 Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.
  • Prov 30:30 : 30 The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;
  • Isa 31:4 : 4 For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.
  • Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The cry of the lion is sounding; who will not have fear? The Lord God has said the word; is it possible for the prophet to keep quiet?
  • Mic 5:8-9 : 8 Your hand is lifted up against those who are against you, and all your haters will be cut off. 9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that I will take away your horses from you, and will give your war-carriages to destruction:
  • Nah 2:11 : 11 Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.
  • Zech 10:4-5 : 4 From him will come the keystone, from him the nail, from him the bow of war, from him will come every ruler; 5 Together they will be like men of war, crushing down their haters into the earth of the streets in the fight; they will make war because the Lord is with them: and the horsemen will be shamed.
  • Zech 12:6 : 6 In that day I will make the families of Judah like a pot with fire in it among trees, and like a flaming stick among cut grain; they will send destruction on all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem will be living again in the place which is hers, that is, in Jerusalem.
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 And one of the rulers said to me, Do not be sad: see, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome, and has power to undo the book and its seven stamps.
  • Rev 19:11-21 : 11 And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness. 12 And his eyes are a flame of fire, and crowns are on his head; and he has a name in writing, of which no man has knowledge but himself. 13 And he is clothed in a robe washed with blood: and his name is The Word of God. 14 And the armies which are in heaven went after him on white horses, clothed in delicate linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he overcomes the nations: and he has rule over them with a rod of iron: and he is crushing with his feet the grapes of the strong wrath of God the Ruler of all. 16 And on his robe and on his leg is a name, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 17 And I saw an angel taking his place in the sun; and he was crying with a loud voice, saying to all the birds in flight in the heavens, Come together to the great feast of God; 18 So that you may take for your food the flesh of kings, and of captains, and of strong men, and of horses and of those who are seated on them, and the flesh of all men, free and unfree, small and great. 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, come together to make war against him who was seated on the horse and against his army. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire. 21 And the rest were put to death with the sword of him who was on the horse, even the sword which came out of his mouth: and all the birds were made full with their flesh.

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    29The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

  • Num 24:8-9
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    8It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows.

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  • Mic 5:8
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    8Your hand is lifted up against those who are against you, and all your haters will be cut off.

  • Nah 2:11-13
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    11Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

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    12Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.

  • Gen 49:9
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    9Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?

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    5Now when she saw that her hope was made foolish and gone, she took another of her little ones and made him into a young lion.

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    2What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.

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    6For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

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    15The young lions have made an outcry against him with a loud voice: they have made his land waste; his towns are burned up, with no one living in them.

  • Isa 31:4
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    4For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.

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    38They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.

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    7So I will be like a lion to them; as a cruel beast I will keep watch by the road;

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    10Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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    13I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

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    44See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me?

  • Ps 104:21
    73%

    21The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God.

  • Jer 49:19
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    19See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make him go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will be able to keep his place before me?

  • Prov 30:30
    73%

    30The lion, which is strongest among beasts, not turning from his way for any;

  • Jer 25:38
    72%

    38The lion has come out of his secret place, for the land has become a waste because of the cruel sword, and because of the heat of his wrath.

  • Hos 11:10
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    10They will go after the Lord; his cry will be like that of a lion; his cry will be loud, and the children will come from the west, shaking with fear;

  • Amos 3:4
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    4Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?

  • Job 39:30
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    30Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high?

  • Job 28:8
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    8The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

  • Jer 5:6
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    6And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste, a leopard will keep watch on their towns, and everyone who goes out from them will be food for the beasts; because of the great number of their sins and the increase of their wrongdoing.

  • Prov 28:15
    71%

    15Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

  • Ps 10:9
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    9He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.

  • Gen 49:27
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    27Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.

  • Isa 11:7
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    7And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together.

  • Hab 2:7
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    7Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war?

  • Ps 58:6
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    6O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

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    1The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

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    3Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.

  • Deut 33:22
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    22And of Dan he said, Dan is a young lion, springing out from Bashan.

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    8The cry of the lion is sounding; who will not have fear? The Lord God has said the word; is it possible for the prophet to keep quiet?

  • Hab 1:8
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    8And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.

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    24Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?

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    17Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have been driving him away: first he was attacked by the king of Assyria, and now his bones have been broken by Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon.

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    18The flesh of the men of war will be your food, and your drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of sheep and lambs, of he-goats, of oxen, all of them fat beasts of Bashan.