Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And he will see Amalek, and he will take up his parable, and say, Amalek the beginning of the nations, and his latter state he perished forever.
New American Standard Bible
And he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said,
“Amalek was the first of the nations,
King James Version
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
Holman Bible
Then Balaam saw Amalek and proclaimed his poem:
but his future is destruction.
International Standard Version
Next, Balaam looked directly at Amalek and then uttered this prophetic statement: "Even though Amalek is an international leader, his future is permanent destruction."
A Conservative Version
And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall come to destruction.
American Standard Version
And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.
Amplified
Balaam looked at Amalek and took up his [fifth] discourse (oracle) and said:
But his end shall be
Bible in Basic English
Then, turning his eyes to Amalek, he went on with his story and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his part will be destruction for ever.
Darby Translation
And he saw Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be for destruction.
King James 2000
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his oracle, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he looked [at] Amalek, {uttered} his oracle, and said, "Amalek [is] first of [the] nations, but his future [will be] forever ruin."
Modern King James verseion
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable and said, Amalek was the first of the nations. But his latter end is to destruction.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he looked on Amalek and began his parable, and said, "Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall perish utterly."
NET Bible
Then Balaam looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle: "Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be that he will perish."
New Heart English Bible
He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, "Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction."
The Emphasized Bible
And, when he saw Amalek, he took up, his parable, and said - The beginning of nations, - Amalek, But his latter end is even to perish.
Webster
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be that he shall perish for ever.
World English Bible
He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, "Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction."
Youngs Literal Translation
And he seeth Amalek, and taketh up his simile, and saith: 'A beginning of the Goyim is Amalek; And his latter end -- for ever he perisheth.'
Interlinear
Ra'ah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 24:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Balaam Continues To Utter Oracles
19 And he shall descend from Jacob, and he destroyed the escaped from the city. 20 And he will see Amalek, and he will take up his parable, and say, Amalek the beginning of the nations, and his latter state he perished forever. 21 And he will see the Kenite, and he will take up his parable, and say, Strong thy dwelling, and put thy nest in the rock.
Cross References
Exodus 17:14
And Jehovah will say to Moses, Write this a remembrance in the book, and set in the ears of Joshua: for wiping off I will wipe off the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.
Exodus 17:8
And Amalek will come and will wage war with Israel, in Rephidim.
Exodus 17:16
For he will say, Because the hand upon the throne of Jehovah, war to Jehovah with Amalek from generation to generation.
Judges 6:3
And it was if Israel sowed, and Midian came up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, and they came up against him:
1 Samuel 14:48
And he will do in strength, and he will strike Amalek, and deliver Israel from the hand of him plundering him.
1 Samuel 15:3-8
Now go and strike Amalek, and exterminate all which is to him, and thou shalt not spare to him; and kill from man even to woman, from child even to suckling, from ox and even to sheep, from camel and even to ass.
1 Samuel 27:8-9
And David will go up, and his men, and will plunder against the Geshurites and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: and behold, the inhabitants of the land which were of old thy going to Shur, and even to the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 30:1
And it will be in the going up of David to Ziklag, and his men, in the third day, and the Amalekites plundered to the south, and to Ziklag, and they will strike Ziklag and burn it with fire.
1 Samuel 30:17
And David will smite them from the dawn and even to the evening to their morrow: and a man escaped not from them, except four hundred men of youth who rode upon camels, and they will flee.
1 Chronicles 4:43
And they will strike the rest of the escaping to Amalek, and they will dwell there even to this day.
Esther 3:1
After these words the king Ahasuerus magnified Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite; and he will lift him up and set his seat above all the chiefs that were with him.
Esther 7:9-10
And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, will say before the king, Also behold the tree which Haman made for Mordecai who spake good for the king, standing in Haman's house, high fifty cubits: And the king will say, Ye shall hang him upon it
Esther 9:14
And the king will say to do this. And the edict will be given in Shushan; and they hung the ten sons of Haman.