Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Who hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his!

New American Standard Bible

Who can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
And let my end be like his!”

King James Version

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Holman Bible

Who has counted the dust of Jacob
or numbered the dust clouds of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright;
let the end of my life be like theirs.

International Standard Version

Who can count the dust of Jacob? Who can number the dust of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may I end up like him."

A Conservative Version

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

American Standard Version

Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!

Amplified


“Who can count the dust (the descendants) of Jacob
And the number of even the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God],
And let my end be like his!”

Bible in Basic English

Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!

Darby Translation

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!

Julia Smith Translation

Who divided out the dust of Jacob and who numbered the fourth of Israel? My soul shall die the death of the just, and my latter state shall be as his.

King James 2000

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Lexham Expanded Bible

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or [as] a number the fourth part of Israel? Let my life die the death of an upright person, and let my end be like his!"

Modern King James verseion

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Who can tell the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? I pray God that my soul may die the death of the righteous, and that my last end may be like his!"

NET Bible

Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs."

New Heart English Bible

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous. Let my last end be like his."

Webster

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

World English Bible

Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!"

Youngs Literal Translation

Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מנה 
manah 
Usage: 28

the dust
עפר 
`aphar 
Usage: 110

of Jacob
יעקב 
Ya`aqob 
Usage: 349

and the number
מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

of the fourth
רבע 
Roba` 
Usage: 2

ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

Let me die
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

the death
מות 
Maveth 
Usage: 156

and let my last
אחרית 
'achariyth 
Usage: 61

References

Context Readings

Balaam's First Oracle

9 Surely from the head of the rocks, do I see him, Yea, from the hills, do I observe him, - Lo! a people, who alone doth dwell, And among the nations, he doth not reckon himself. 10 Who hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his! 11 Then said Balak unto Balaam, What hast thou done for me? To revile mine enemies, I summoned thee, and lo! thou hast kept on blessing.

Cross References

Genesis 13:16

and I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, - so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also, may be numbered.

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is a hereafter for the man of peace;

Psalm 116:15

Costly in the eyes of Yahweh, is, death, for his men of lovingkindness.

Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall become as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth westward and eastward, and northward and southward, - And all the families of the ground shall be blessed in thee and in thy seed.

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice out of heaven, saying - Write! Happy, the dead who, in the Lord, do die, from henceforth. Yea! (saith the Spirit) that they may rest from their toils, for, their works, do follow with them.

Genesis 22:17

That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea, - that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes:

Numbers 2:9

All they who are num-bered to the camp of Judah. a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred, by their hosts, shall first set forward.

Numbers 2:16

All they who are num-bered to the camp of Reuben, - a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts, and they in the second rank, shall set forward.

Numbers 2:24

All they who are numbered to the camp of Ephraim a hundred and eight thousand and one hundred by their hosts, and they in the third rank, shall set forward.

Numbers 2:31

All they who are numbered to the camp of Dan, a hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred, in the hindmost rank, shall they set forward, by their standards.

Proverbs 14:32

By his own wickedness, shall the lawless man, be thrust down, but the righteous, seeketh refuge in his integrity.

Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous one, hath perished, And not a man, hath taken it to heart - Yea the men of lovingkindness, have been withdrawn No one considering, That from the presence of calamity, hath the righteous been withdrawn.

Luke 2:29-30

Now, dost thou dismiss thy servant, O Sovereign, according to thy declaration - in peace;

1 Corinthians 3:21-22

So then, let, no one, be boasting in men; for, all things, are yours -

1 Corinthians 15:53-57

For this corruptible must needs clothe itself with incorruptibility, and this mortal, clothe itself, with immortality.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that - -if, our earthly tent-dwelling, should be taken down, we have, a building of God, a dwelling not made by hand, age-abiding in the heavens.

Philippians 1:21-23

For, unto me - living, is Christ, and, dying, gain.

2 Timothy 4:6-8

For, I, already, am being poured out as a drink-offering, and, the season of my release, is at hand, -

2 Peter 1:13-15

Right, nevertheless, I account it - as long as I am in this tent, to be stirring you up by putting you in remembrance,

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