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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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They are spread out like valleys, like gardens on a river, like aloes planted by Yahweh, like cedars at [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
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Context Readings
Balaam Continues To Utter Oracles
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How good are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel!
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Like gardens beside the river,
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Cross References
Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water. It yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Psalm 104:16
Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
Genesis 2:8-10
Now Jehovah God planted a garden in the east, in Eden. He put the man he had formed there.
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked up and saw that the district of the Jordan River was well watered, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. This was before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Psalm 45:8
All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. Stringed instruments from the ivory palaces have made you glad.
Psalm 92:12-14
Righteous people flourish like palm trees and grow tall like the cedars in Lebanon.
Song of Songs 4:12-15
A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Song of Songs 6:11
(The Shulamite) I went down into the garden of nut trees to see the fruits of the valley, to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
Isaiah 41:19
I will put the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive in the desert. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together.
Isaiah 58:11
Jehovah will continually guide you. He will satisfy your desire in scorched places and give strength to your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
Jeremiah 17:18
Let those who persecute me be put to shame. Do not let me be put to shame. Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring on them a day of disaster. Crush them with twofold destruction!
Jeremiah 31:12
They will come and shout for joy on top of Mount Zion. They will stream to it to enjoy Jehovah's blessings: fresh grain, new wine, olive oil, lambs and calves. Their lives will be like well-watered gardens, and they will never suffer again.
Ezekiel 31:3-4
Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches and forest shade, and very high, and its top was among the clouds.
Ezekiel 47:12
All kinds of fruit trees will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and they will not fail to produce fruit. Each month they will produce fresh fruit because this water flows from the Holy Place. The fruit will be good food, and the leaves will be used for healing.
Joel 3:18
It will happen in that day that the mountains will drop sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the brooks of Judah will flow with water. A fountain will come forth from the house of Jehovah and water the valley of Shittim.