Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.
New American Standard Bible
And he looked at the
“Your dwelling place is enduring,
And your nest is set in the cliff.
King James Version
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
Holman Bible
Next he saw the Kenites and proclaimed his poem:
your nest is set in the cliffs.
International Standard Version
Balaam also uttered this prophetic statement about the Kenites: "Your dwelling places are stable, because your nest is carved in solid rock.
A Conservative Version
And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest is set in the rock.
Amplified
And Balaam looked at the Kenites and took up his [sixth] discourse (oracle) and said:
And you set your nest in the cliff.
Bible in Basic English
And looking on the Kenites he went on with his story and said, Strong is your living-place, and your secret place is safe in the rock.
Darby Translation
And he saw the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Firm is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest fixed in the rock;
Julia Smith Translation
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.
King James 2000
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his oracle, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he looked [at] the Kenites, {uttered} his oracle, and said, "Steady [is] your dwelling place; in the rock is your nest.
Modern King James verseion
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable and said, Strong is your dwelling-place, and you put your nest in a rock.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he looked on the Kenites, and took his parable, and said, "Strong is thy dwelling place, and put thy nest upon a rock.
NET Bible
Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle: "Your dwelling place seems strong, and your nest is set on a rocky cliff.
New Heart English Bible
He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, "Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.
The Emphasized Bible
And when he saw the Kenite, he took up hi parable, and said, - Enduring thy dwelling-place, Set thou then in the crag, thy nest;
Webster
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
World English Bible
He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, "Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he seeth the Kenite, and taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Enduring is thy dwelling, And setting in a rock thy nest,
Themes
Birds » Make their nests » In clefts of rocks
Fortresses » Places strong by nature
Kenites » A canaanitish tribe or nation
Kenites » A canaanite tribe » Given » To abraham
Kenites, the » Ruin of, predicted
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Nasa'
Mowshab
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 24:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Balaam Continues To Utter Oracles
20 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. 21 And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock. 22 Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
Cross References
Genesis 15:19
the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
Judges 1:16
And the children of the Kenite, Moses brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.
Job 29:18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: