Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
They are spread out like valleys, like gardens on a river, like aloes planted by Yahweh, like cedars at [the] waters.
New American Standard Bible
Like gardens beside the river,
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King James Version
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Holman Bible
like gardens beside a stream,
like aloes the Lord has planted,
like cedars beside the water.
International Standard Version
They're spread out like valleys, like gardens along river banks, like aloe planted by the LORD, or like cedars beside water.
A Conservative Version
As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the river-side, as aloes which LORD has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
American Standard Version
As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters.
Amplified
“Like valleys that stretch out,
Like gardens beside the river,
Like aloes planted by the Lord,
Like cedars beside the waters.
Bible in Basic English
They are stretched out like valleys, like gardens by the riverside, like flowering trees planted by the Lord, like cedar-trees by the waters.
Darby Translation
Like valleys are they spread forth, like gardens by the river side, Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted, like cedars beside the waters.
Julia Smith Translation
As valleys extended, as a garden by the river, as tents Jehovah pitched, as cedars by the waters.
King James 2000
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as aloes which the LORD has planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
Modern King James verseion
They are spread forth like the valleys, like gardens by the river's side, like the trees of aloes which Jehovah has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
even as the broad valleys and as gardens by the river's side, as the tents which the LORD hath pitched and as cypress trees upon the water.
NET Bible
They are like valleys stretched forth, like gardens by the river's side, like aloes that the Lord has planted, and like cedar trees beside the waters.
New Heart English Bible
As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which the LORD has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
The Emphasized Bible
Like ravines extended, Like gardens by a river, - Like aloe-trees Yahweh hath planted, Like cedars by waters:
Webster
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign-aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar-trees beside the waters.
World English Bible
As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.
Youngs Literal Translation
As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters;
Themes
Cedars » Illustrative of » Beauty and glory of israel
Cedars » Banks of rivers favorable to the growth of
Gardens » Often made by the banks of rivers
Lign-aloe » A tree, not identified by naturalists
Prophecy » Gift of, sometimes possessed by unconverted men
Rivers » Gardens often made beside
Tent » By the people of israel
Trees » Illustrative » (good and fruitful,) of saints
Trees » Varieties » Lign-aloes
Valleys » Illustrative » (fruitful and well watered,) of the tents of israel
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 24:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Balaam Continues To Utter Oracles
5 How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel! 6 They are spread out like valleys, like gardens on a river, like aloes planted by Yahweh, like cedars at [the] waters. 7 He will pour water from his buckets, and his offspring [will be] like many waters; his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.
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Cross References
Psalm 1:3
And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he does prospers.
Psalm 104:16
The trees of Yahweh drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted,
Genesis 2:8-10
And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 13:10
And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw the whole plain of the Jordan, that all of it [was] well-watered land--[this was] before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah--like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt {in the direction of} Zoar.
Psalm 45:8
All your robes [are scented with] myrrh and aloes [and] cassia. From palaces of ivory stringed instruments gladden you.
Psalm 92:12-14
[The] righteous will flourish like the date palm. They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Song of Songs 4:12-15
A garden locked [is] my sister bride, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Song of Songs 6:11
I went down to the orchard of the walnut trees to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see [whether] the vine have sprouted, [whether] the pomegranates have blossomed.
Isaiah 41:19
I will {put} [the] cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive oil tree in the wilderness; I will set [the] cypress, elm, and box tree together in the desert
Isaiah 58:11
And Yahweh will lead you continually, and satisfy your soul in a barren land, and he will strengthen your bones, and you shall be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water whose water does not fail.
Jeremiah 17:18
Let my persecutors be put to shame, {but as for me}, [do] not let me be put to shame. Let them be dismayed, {but as for me}, [do] not let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of disaster, and [with] double destruction, destroy them.
Jeremiah 31:12
And they will come, and they will sing for joy on the height of Zion, and they will be radiant over the goodness of Yahweh, over [the] grain, and over [the] wine, and over [the] olive oil, and over [the] young ones of [the] flock, and over [the] cattle. And their life will become like a well-watered garden, and they will never languish again."
Ezekiel 31:3-4
Look! Assyria [was] a cedar in Lebanon, [with] beautiful branches and a forest giving shade, and {very high}, and its treetop [was] between [the] clouds.
Ezekiel 47:12
And along the stream will go up on its banks {from both sides} every tree {producing food}; its leaf will not wither and it will not cease [producing] its fruit. {Every month} it will bear early fruit, for its waters [are] going out from the sanctuary, and its fruit will be as food, and its leaf for healing."
Joel 3:18
And it will happen on that day; the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the channels of Judah will flow with water. A spring from the house of Yahweh will come forth, and it will water the valley of Acacia Trees.