Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them. New Living Translation No misfortune is in his plan for Jacob; no trouble is in store for Israel. For the LORD their God is with them; he has been proclaimed their king. English Standard Version He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of a king is among them. Berean Standard Bible He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them. King James Bible He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. New King James Version “He has not observed iniquity in Jacob, Nor has He seen wickedness in Israel. The LORD his God is with him, And the shout of a King is among them. New American Standard Bible “He has not looked at misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the joyful shout of a king is among them. NASB 1995 “He has not observed misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them. NASB 1977 “He has not observed misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them. Legacy Standard Bible He has not observed misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; Yahweh his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them. Amplified Bible “God has not observed wickedness in Jacob [for he is forgiven], Nor has He seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with Israel, And the shout of their King is among the people. Christian Standard Bible He considers no disaster for Jacob; he sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and there is rejoicing over the King among them. Holman Christian Standard Bible He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and there is rejoicing over the King among them. American Standard Version He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English I have not seen evil in Yaquuv and I have not beheld malice in Israel; LORD JEHOVAH his God is with him and the glory of his King is in him. Brenton Septuagint Translation There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, the glories of rulers are in him. Contemporary English Version Israel's king is the LORD God. He lives there with them and intends them no harm. Douay-Rheims Bible There is no idol in Jacob, neither is there an image god to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the sound of the victory of the king in him. English Revised Version He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: The LORD his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them. GOD'S WORD® Translation He doesn't want any trouble for the descendants of Jacob. He sees no misfortune for the people of Israel. The LORD their God is with them, praised as their king. Good News Translation I foresee that Israel's future Will bring her no misfortune or trouble. The LORD their God is with them; They proclaim that he is their king. International Standard Version He has not responded to iniquity in Jacob or gazed at mischief in Israel. The LORD his God is with them, and the triumphant cry of a king is among them. JPS Tanakh 1917 None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the shouting for the King is among them. Literal Standard Version He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, | Nor has He seen perverseness in Israel; His God YHWH [is] with him, | And a shout of a king [is] in him. Majority Standard Bible He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them. New American Bible Misfortune I do not see in Jacob, nor do I see misery in Israel. The LORD, their God, is with them; among them is the war-cry of their King. NET Bible He has not looked on iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; his acclamation as king is among them. New Revised Standard Version He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob; nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them, acclaimed as a king among them. New Heart English Bible He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. The LORD his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them. Webster's Bible Translation He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. World English Bible He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them. Young's Literal Translation He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, And a shout of a king is in him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Balaam's Second Oracle…20I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it. 21He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them. 22God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.… Cross References Exodus 3:12 "I will surely be with you," God said, "and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain." Numbers 14:18 The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.' Numbers 14:19 Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt." Deuteronomy 9:24 You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you. Deuteronomy 31:23 Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you." Deuteronomy 32:5 His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation. Deuteronomy 33:5 So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together. Treasury of Scripture He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. hath not Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. the Lord Exodus 13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: Exodus 29:45,46 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God… Exodus 33:14-16 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest… the shout Psalm 47:5-7 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet… Psalm 89:15,18 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance… Psalm 97:1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. Jump to Previous Beheld Cry Evil Iniquity Israel Jacob Midst Misery Misfortune Observed Perverseness Shout Shouting Trouble Wrong WrongdoingJump to Next Beheld Cry Evil Iniquity Israel Jacob Midst Misery Misfortune Observed Perverseness Shout Shouting Trouble Wrong WrongdoingNumbers 23 1. Balak's sacrifices(21) He hath not beheld iniquity . . . --The same combination of the words aven (iniquity, or injustice) and amal (perverseness, or, rather, suffering or grievance) occurs in Habakkuk 1:3. The shout of a king.--The word which is rendered shout (teruah) is the same which occurs in Leviticus 23:24, and which is there rendered blowing of trumpets. (Comp. Joshua 6:5; Joshua 6:20, where the same word is rendered shout as here.) Verse 21. - He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob. The subject of this and the parallel clause is left indefinite. If it is God, according to the A.V., then it means that God in his mercy shut his eyes to the evil which did exist in individuals, and for his own sake would not impute it to the chosen nation. If it be impersonal, according to the Septuagint and the Targums, "one does not behold iniquity," etc., then it means that the iniquity was not flagrant, was not left to gather head and volume until it brought down destruction. Perverseness. Rather, "suffering" (עָמָל. Septuagint, πόνος), the natural consequence of sin. Compare the use of the two words in Psalm 10:7; Psalm 90:10. The shout of a king is among them. The "shout" (תִּרוּעָה) is the jubilation of the nation with which it acclaims its victor king (cf. 1 Samuel 4:5, 6). In Leviticus 23:24; Psalm 47:5 it is used of the sounding of the sacred trumpets.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He considersהִבִּ֥יט (hib·bîṭ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard no לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no disaster אָ֙וֶן֙ (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol for Jacob; בְּיַעֲקֹ֔ב (bə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc He sees רָאָ֥ה (rā·’āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see no וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no trouble עָמָ֖ל (‘ā·māl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind for Israel. בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc The LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel their God אֱלֹהָיו֙ (’ĕ·lō·hāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative is with them, עִמּ֔וֹ (‘im·mōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 5973: With, equally with and the shout וּתְרוּעַ֥ת (ū·ṯə·rū·‘aṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8643: Clamor, acclamation of joy, a battle-cry, clangor, of trumpets, as an alarum of the King מֶ֖לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king is among them. בּֽוֹ׃ (bōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew Links Numbers 23:21 NIVNumbers 23:21 NLT Numbers 23:21 ESV Numbers 23:21 NASB Numbers 23:21 KJV Numbers 23:21 BibleApps.com Numbers 23:21 Biblia Paralela Numbers 23:21 Chinese Bible Numbers 23:21 French Bible Numbers 23:21 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 23:21 He has not seen iniquity in Jacob (Nu Num.) |
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