Numbers 22:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Moab saith unto the elders of Midian, `Now doth the assembly lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the green thing of the field.' And Balak son of Zippor `is' king of Moab at that time,

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  • Num 25:15-18 : 15 and the name of the woman who is smitten, the Midianitess, `is' Cozbi daughter of Zur, head of a people -- of the house of a father in Midian `is' he. 16 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 17 `Distress the Midianites, and ye have smitten them, 18 for they are adversaries to you with their frauds, `with' which they have acted fraudulently to you, concerning the matter of Peor, and concerning the matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who is smitten in the day of the plague for the matter of Peor.'
  • Num 31:8 : 8 and the kings of Midian they have slain, besides their pierced ones, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor, they have slain with the sword.
  • Josh 13:21-22 : 21 and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote, with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land. 22 And Balaam, son of Beor, the diviner, have the sons of Israel slain with the sword, among their wounded ones.
  • Judg 11:25 : 25 `And now, `art' thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with Israel? did he at all fight against them?
  • Jer 48:38 : 38 On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it -- `is' lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Num 22:2 : 2 And Balak son of Zippor seeth all that Israel hath done to the Amorite,
  • Num 22:7 : 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian go, and divinations in their hand, and they come in unto Balaam, and speak unto him the words of Balak,
  • Num 24:17 : 17 I see it, but not now; I behold it, but not near; A star hath proceeded from Jacob, And a sceptre hath risen from Israel, And hath smitten corners of Moab, And hath destroyed all sons of Sheth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 22:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1And the sons of Israel journey and encamp in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, `by' Jericho.

    2And Balak son of Zippor seeth all that Israel hath done to the Amorite,

    3and Moab is exceedingly afraid of the presence of the people, for it `is' numerous; and Moab is vexed by the presence of the sons of Israel,

  • Num 22:5-8
    4 verses
    80%

    5and he sendeth messengers unto Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor, which `is' by the River of the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, `Lo, a people hath come out of Egypt; lo, it hath covered the eye of the land, and it is abiding over-against me;

    6and now, come, I pray thee, curse for me this people, for it `is' mightier than I; it may be I prevail -- we smite it -- and I cast it out from the land; for I have known -- that which thou blessest is blessed, and that which thou cursest is cursed.'

    7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian go, and divinations in their hand, and they come in unto Balaam, and speak unto him the words of Balak,

    8and he saith unto them, `Lodge here to-night, and I have brought you back word, as Jehovah speaketh unto me;' and the princes of Moab abide with Balaam.

  • Josh 24:9
    80%

    9`And Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, riseth and fighteth against Israel, and sendeth and calleth for Balaam son of Beor, to revile you,

  • Num 22:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10And Balaam saith unto God, `Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me:

    11Lo, the people that is coming out from Egypt and covereth the eye of the land, -- now come, pierce it for me; it may be I am able to fight against it, and have cast it out;'

  • Num 23:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

    16and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

    17And he cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him, and Balak saith to him: `What hath Jehovah spoken?'

    18And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

  • Judg 11:25
    77%

    25`And now, `art' thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with Israel? did he at all fight against them?

  • Num 23:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

    6And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab.

    7And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me -- Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come -- curse for me Jacob, And come -- be indignant `with' Israel.

  • Num 22:39-41
    3 verses
    76%

    39And Balaam goeth with Balak, and they come to Kirjath-Huzoth,

    40and Balak sacrificeth oxen and sheep, and sendeth to Balaam, and to the princes who `are' with him;

    41and it cometh to pass in the morning, that Balak taketh Balaam, and causeth him to go up the high places of Baal, and he seeth from thence the extremity of the people.

  • Num 22:36
    74%

    36And Balak heareth that Balaam hath come, and goeth out to meet him, unto a city of Moab, which `is' on the border of Arnon, which `is' in the extremity of the border;

  • Num 22:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14and the princes of Moab rise, and come in unto Balak, and say, `Balaam is refusing to come with us.'

    15And Balak addeth yet to send princes, more numerous and honoured than these,

    16and they come in unto Balaam, and say to him, `Thus said Balak son of Zippor, Be not, I pray thee, withheld from coming unto me,

  • 2 Kgs 3:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23and say, `Blood this `is'; the kings have been surely destroyed, and they smite each his neighbour; and now for spoil, Moab!'

    24And they come in unto the camp of Israel, and the Israelites rise, and smite the Moabites, and they flee from their face; and they enter into Moab, so as to smite Moab,

  • Num 23:13
    73%

    13And Balak saith unto him, `Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou dost see it, only its extremity thou dost see, and all of it thou dost not see, and pierce it for me thence;'

  • Mic 6:5
    72%

    5O My people, remember, I pray you, What counsel did Balak king of Moab, What answer him did Balaam son of Beor, (From Shittim unto Gilgal,) In order to know the righteous acts of Jehovah.'

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
    72%

    21and all Moab have heard that the kings have come up to fight against them, and they are called together, from every one girding on a girdle and upward, and they stand by the border.

  • Num 23:2
    72%

    2And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak -- Balaam also -- offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,

  • Num 23:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God -- to pierce it for me from thence.'

    28And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

  • Jer 48:42
    72%

    42And Moab hath been destroyed from `being' a people, For against Jehovah he exerted himself.

  • Josh 13:22
    71%

    22And Balaam, son of Beor, the diviner, have the sons of Israel slain with the sword, among their wounded ones.

  • Num 23:11
    71%

    11And Balak saith unto Balaam, `What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee -- and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;'

  • Num 22:21
    71%

    21And Balaam riseth in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and goeth with the princes of Moab,

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    71%

    26And the king of Moab seeth that the battle has been too strong for him, and he taketh with him seven hundred men, drawing sword, to cleave through unto the king of Edom, and they have not been able,

  • Num 24:10
    70%

    10And the anger of Balak burneth against Balaam, and he striketh his hands; and Balak saith unto Balaam, `To pierce mine enemies I called thee, and lo, thou hast certainly blessed -- these three times;

  • Deut 23:4
    70%

    4because that they have not come before you with bread and with water in the way, in your coming out from Egypt, and because he hath hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, of Pethor of Aram-Naharaim, to revile thee;

  • Num 23:25
    70%

    25And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;'

  • Jer 48:24
    70%

    24And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, And on all cities of the land of Moab, The far off and the near.

  • Jer 48:26
    70%

    26Declare ye him drunk, For against Jehovah he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision -- even he.