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New King James Version

Numbers 23:18

Then he took up his oracle and said: "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, son of Zippor!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Pisgah;   Zippor;   Thompson Chain Reference - Balaam;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Camp, Encampments;   Poetry of the Hebrews;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Balaam;   Balak;   Kibroth-Hattaavah;   Moab, Moabites;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Zippor;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zip'por;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Balaam;   Proverb;   Zippor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Allegory in the Old Testament;   Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   Poetry;   Shema';  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he took up his discourse and said,"Arise, O Balak, and hear;Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he took up his discourse and said, "Arise, O Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he toke vp his parable, and aunswered: Rise vp Balac, and heare, and hearke vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Balaam said this: "Stand up, Balak, and listen to me. Hear me, Balak son of Zippor.
Revised Standard Version
And Balaam took up his discourse, and said, "Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, O son of Zippor:
World English Bible
He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor:
King James Version (1611)
And he tooke vp his parable, and said, Rise vp Balak, & heare; hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor:
King James Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he toke vp his parable, & sayde: Ryse vp Balac & heare, marke my testimony wt thine eares thou sonne of Ziphor.
American Standard Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Bible in Basic English
And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:
Update Bible Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor:
Webster's Bible Translation
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:
New English Translation
Balaam uttered his oracle, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:
Contemporary English Version
Balaam answered: "Pay close attention to my words—
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Bil‘am made his pronouncement: "Get up, Balak, and listen! Turn your ears to me, son of Tzippor!
Darby Translation
Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.
George Lamsa Translation
And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; and give ear to my testimony, O son of Zippor;
Good News Translation
and Balaam uttered this prophecy: "Come, Balak son of Zippor, And listen to what I have to say.
Amplified Bible
Balaam took up his [second] discourse (oracle) and said: "Rise up, O Balak, and hear; Listen [closely] to me, son of Zippor.
Hebrew Names Version
He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Tzippor:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor:
New Living Translation
This was the message Balaam delivered: "Rise up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor.
New Life Bible
Then Balaam began speaking and said, "Rise, O Balak, and hear! Listen to me, O son of Zippor!
New Revised Standard
Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying: "Rise, Balak, and hear; listen to me, O son of Zippor:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor.
English Revised Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Berean Standard Bible
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: "Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then took he up his parable and said, - Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me son of Zippor!
Douay-Rheims Bible
But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:
Lexham English Bible
Then he uttered his oracle, and said, "Stand up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor!
Literal Translation
And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor.
English Standard Version
And Balaam took up his discourse and said, "Rise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
New American Standard Bible
Then he took up his discourse and said, "Arise, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor!
New Century Version
Then Balaam gave this message: "Stand up, Balak, and listen. Hear me, son of Zippor.
Christian Standard Bible®
Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak, get up and listen; son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne his parable `was takun, he seide, Stonde, Balach, and herkene; here, thou sone of Sephor. God is not `as a man,
Young's Literal Translation
And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

Contextual Overview

13 Then Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the outer part of them, and shall not see them all; curse them for me from there." 14 So he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. 15 And he said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet [fn] the Lord over there." 16 Then the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak." 17 So he came to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the LORD spoken?" 18 Then he took up his oracle and said: "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, son of Zippor! 19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. 21 "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. 22 God brings them out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Rise up: Judges 3:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:23 - hear Numbers 23:7 - he took Numbers 24:3 - he took up Numbers 24:15 - General Nehemiah 13:2 - our God Micah 2:4 - shall Habakkuk 2:6 - take

Cross-References

Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:
Ruth 4:1
Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz had spoken came by. So Boaz said, "Come aside, friend, [fn] sit down here." So he came aside and sat down.
Jeremiah 32:12
and I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he took up his parable,.... Pronounced the word put into his mouth,

and said, rise up Balak, and hear; not from his seat, as Eglon a successor of his did, Judges 3:20 for he was now standing by his burnt offering; but the sense is, that he would raise his attention, and stir up himself with all diligence to hear what he was about to say:

hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor; or to his word, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, which follow.


 
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