Numbers 24:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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Berean Standard Bible

Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

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KJV

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.

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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.”

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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.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Numbers 24

¹⁸ Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.

¹⁹ A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”

²⁰ Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

²¹ Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.

²² Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”

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