Numbers 24:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then he saw the Kenites and spoke his oracle: 'Your dwelling is secure, your nest is set in the rock.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he looked{H7200} on the Kenite,{H7017} and took up{H5375} his parable,{H4912} and said,{H559} Strong{H386} is thy dwelling-place,{H4186} And thy nest{H7064} is set{H7760} in the rock.{H5553}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And he looked{H7200}{(H8799)} on the Kenites{H7017}, and took up{H5375}{(H8799)} his parable{H4912}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Strong{H386} is thy dwellingplace{H4186}, and thou puttest{H7760}{(H8798)} thy nest{H7064} in a rock{H5553}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And he loked on the Kenites and toke his parable and sayed: stronge is thi dwellynge place and put thinest apon a rocke

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And whan he sawe the Kenites, he toke vp his parable, & sayde: Stroge is yi dwellinge, and on a rocke hast thou put thy nest,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And he looked on the Kenites, and vttered his parable, and sayde, Strong is thy dwelling place, and put thy nest in the rocke.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And he loked on the Kenites, and toke vp his parable, and sayde: Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rocke.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling-place, Your nest is set in the rock.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And he seeth the Kenite, and taketh up his simile, and saith: `Enduring `is' thy dwelling, And setting in a rock thy nest,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And looking on the Kenites he went on with his story and said, Strong is your living-place, and your secret place is safe in the rock.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, "Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle:“Your dwelling place seems strong, and your nest is set on a rocky cliff.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:19 : 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
  • Judg 1:16 : 16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
  • Job 29:18 : 18 Then I said, 'I will die in my nest, and I will multiply my days as the sand.'

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