Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.
New American Standard Bible
And his seed will be by many waters,
And his king shall be higher than
King James Version
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Holman Bible
and his seed will be by abundant water.
His king will be greater than Agag,
and his kingdom will be exalted.
International Standard Version
He will pour water from his buckets, and his descendants will stream forth like abundant water. His king will be more exalted than Agag when he exalts his own kingdom.
A Conservative Version
Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Amplified
“Water [that is, great blessings] will flow from his buckets,
And his offspring will live by many waters,
And his king will be higher than
And his kingdom shall be exalted.
Bible in Basic English
Peoples will be in fear before his strength, his arm will be on great nations: his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom made great in honour.
Darby Translation
Water shall flow out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in great waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Julia Smith Translation
He will shake out the water from his bucket, and his seed in many waters, and his king shall be lifted up above Agag, and his kingdom shall be raised up.
King James 2000
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters. And his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The water shall flow out of his bucket and his seed shall be many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag; and his kingdom shall be exalted.
NET Bible
He will pour the water out of his buckets, and their descendants will be like abundant water; their king will be greater than Agag, and their kingdom will be exalted.
New Heart English Bible
Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted.
The Emphasized Bible
He poureth forth water from his buckets, And, his seed, is among many waters, - And taller than Agag is his King, And exalted is his kingdom.
Webster
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
World English Bible
Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted.
Youngs Literal Translation
He maketh water flow from his buckets, And his seed is in many waters; And higher than Agag is his king, And exalted is his kingdom.
Themes
Amalekites, the » A powerful and influential nation
Prophecy » Gift of, sometimes possessed by unconverted men
Water » Illustrative » (pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny
Interlinear
Nazal
Nazal
Zera`
Rab
Mayim
Ruwm
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 24:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Balaam Continues To Utter Oracles
6 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. 7 Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted. 8 God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite them through with his arrows.
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:12
And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
1 Chronicles 14:2
And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.
Jeremiah 51:13
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.
Revelation 17:1
And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;
1 Samuel 15:8-9
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
1 Samuel 15:32-33
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
1 Kings 4:21
And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Ezra 4:20
There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid unto them.
Psalm 2:6-10
Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalm 18:43
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Psalm 68:26
Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.
Psalm 93:3-4
The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.
Psalm 145:11-13
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, And talk of thy power;
Proverbs 5:16-18
Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?
Isaiah 2:2
And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 48:1
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Daniel 2:44
And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
John 1:49
Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.
Philippians 2:10-11
that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 17:15
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Revelation 19:16
And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KINGS OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.