Parallel Verses
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."
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.
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.
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.
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 out of Jacob shall come he that shall destroy the remnant of the cities." 20 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." 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took his parable, and said, "Strong is thy dwelling place, and put thy nest upon a rock.
Cross References
Exodus 17:14
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Write this for a remembrance in a book and tell it unto Joshua, for I will put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
Exodus 17:8
Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Exodus 17:16
for he said, "The hand is on the seat of the LORD, that the LORD will have war with Amalek throughout all generations."
Judges 6:3
For when Israel had sown then came the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the east country upon them and pitched their tents against them,
1 Samuel 14:48
And whithersoever he turned himself, there he won, and played the man and slew the Amalekites, and rid Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
1 Samuel 15:3-8
Now therefore go and smite the Amalekites, and only destroy ye all that pertaineth unto them, and see thou have no compassion on them. But slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, and ox, sheep, camel and ass.'"
1 Samuel 27:8-9
And David and his men went and ran upon the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites: which nations were from the beginning the inhabiters of the land, as men go to Shur, and so forth to Egypt.
1 Samuel 30:1
But yer David and his men were come to Ziklag the third day, the Amalekites had run in a running upon the south and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag and burnt it with fire,
1 Samuel 30:17
And David laid upon them from the twilight until the evening on the morrow: so that there escaped not a man, save four hundred young men which rode away upon camels and fled.
1 Chronicles 4:43
and smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped and they dwelt there unto this day.
Esther 3:1
After these acts did the king promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and set him high, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
Esther 7:9-10
And Harbona, one of the chamberlains that stood before the king, said, "Behold, there standeth a gallows in Haman's house fifty cubits high, which he had made for Mordecai, that spake good for the king." The king said, "Hang him thereon."
Esther 9:14
And the king charged to do so, and the commandment was devised at Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged.