Numbers 23:22 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The God who brought them out of Egypt has the strength of a wild bull.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

ASV:

God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

BBE:

It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.

DBY:

ùGod brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.

ERV:

God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

JPS:

God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.

WBS:

God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.

WEB:

God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.

YLT:

God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;

Numbers 23:22 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 24:8 "God brings him out of Egypt, He is for him like the horns of the wild ox. He will devour the nations who are his adversaries, And will crush their bones in pieces, And shatter them with his arrows.

Deuteronomy 33:17 "As the firstborn of his ox, majesty is his, And his horns are the horns of the wild ox; With them he will push the peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth. And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And those are the thousands of Manasseh." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

23:22 Out of Egypt - Namely, by a strong hand, and in spite of all their enemies, and therefore it is in vain to seek or hope to overcome them. He - Israel, whom God brought out of Egypt, such change of numbers being very common in the Hebrew language. The sense is, Israel is not now what he was in Egypt, a poor, weak, dispirited, unarmed people, but high and strong and invincible. An unicorn - The word may mean either a rhinoceros, or a strong and fierce kind of wild goat. But such a creature as an unicorn, as commonly painted, has no existence in nature.

MHC:

23:11-30 Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessing; and this blessing is both larger and stronger than the former. Men change their minds, and break their words; but God never changes his mind, and therefore never recalls his promise. And when in Scripture he is said to repent, it does not mean any change of his mind; but only a change of his way. There was sin in Jacob, and God saw it; but there was not such as might provoke him to give them up to ruin. If the Lord sees that we trust in his mercy, and accept of his salvation; that we indulge no secret lust, and continue not in rebellion, but endeavour to serve and glorify him; we may be sure that he looks upon us as accepted in Christ, that our sins are all pardoned. Oh the wonders of providence and grace, the wonders of redeeming love, of pardoning mercy, of the new-creating Spirit! Balak had no hope of ruining Israel, and Balaam showed that he had more reason to fear being ruined by them. Since Balaam cannot say what he would have him, Balak wished him to say nothing. But though there are many devices in man's heart, God's counsels shall stand. Yet they resolve to make another attempt, though they had no promise on which to build their hopes. Let us, who have a promise that the vision at the end shall speak and not lie, continue earnest in prayer, Lu 18:1.

CONC:

Bringeth Bringing Brings Buffalo Egypt Forth Horns Lofty Mountain Ox Reem Strength Swiftness Unicorn Wild Wild-ox

Buffalo Egypt Horns Lofty Mountain Ox Reem Strength Swiftness Unicorn Wild Wild-Ox

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