Numbers 24:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Alas! who doth live when God doth this?

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:23 : 23 For no enchantment `is' against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!
  • 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour -- leprous.
  • Mal 3:2 : 2 And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he `is' as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.

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