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KJV Lexicon And he took upnasa' (naw-saw') to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows) his parable mashal (maw-shawl') a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) -- byword, like, parable, proverb. and said 'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) Balaam Bil`am (bil-awm') not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine -- Balaam, Bileam. the son ben (bane) a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc. of Beor B`owr (beh-ore') a lamp; Beor, the name of the father of an Edomitish king; also of that of Balaam -- Beor. hath said n'um (neh-oom') an oracle -- (hath) said, saith. and the man geber (gheh'-ber) a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply -- every one, man, mighty. whose eyes `ayin (ah'-yin) an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) are open shatham (shaw-tham') to unveil (figuratively) -- be open. hath said n'um (neh-oom') an oracle -- (hath) said, saith. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible He took up his discourse and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened; King James Bible And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: Holman Christian Standard Bible and he proclaimed his poem: The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened, International Standard Version Balaam uttered this prophetic statement: "A declaration by Beor's son Balaam, a declaration by the strong, blind man. NET Bible Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open; GOD'S WORD® Translation and he delivered this message: "This is the message of Balaam, son of Beor. This is the message of the man whose eyesight is clear. King James 2000 Bible And he took up his oracle, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said: Links Numbers 24:3Numbers 24:3 NIV Numbers 24:3 NLT Numbers 24:3 ESV Numbers 24:3 NASB Numbers 24:3 KJV |