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KJV Lexicon And when BalaamBil`am (bil-awm') not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine -- Balaam, Bileam. saw ra'ah (raw-aw') to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions. that it pleased `ayin (ah'-yin) an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) towb (tobe) to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense;--be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, please, (be, do, go, play) well. the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. to bless barak (baw-rak') to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) Israel Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale') he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel. he went halak (haw-lak') to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) not as at other times pa`am (pah'-am) a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow) -- anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel. to seek qir'ah (keer-aw') an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite) -- against (he come), help, meet, seek, to, in the way. for enchantments nachash (nakh'-ash) an incantation or augury -- enchantment. but he set shiyth (sheeth) to place (in a very wide application) -- apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, take. his face paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) toward the wilderness midbar (mid-bawr') a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times to seek omens but he set his face toward the wilderness. King James Bible And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. Holman Christian Standard Bible Since Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go to seek omens as on previous occasions, but turned toward the wilderness. International Standard Version When Balaam noticed that the LORD was pleased that Balaam was blessing Israel, he didn't behave as he had time after time before, that is, to practice divination. Instead, he turned with his face to the wilderness, NET Bible When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at the other times to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness. GOD'S WORD® Translation When Balaam saw that the LORD wanted to bless Israel, he didn't look for omens as he had done before. He turned toward the desert, King James 2000 Bible And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. Links Numbers 24:1Numbers 24:1 NIV Numbers 24:1 NLT Numbers 24:1 ESV Numbers 24:1 NASB Numbers 24:1 KJV |