Numbers 24:8
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God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
In other translations
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
Hebrew words
אֵל'elGodH410מוֹצִיאוֹmotzi'o[is] bringing out itH3318מִמִּצְרַיִםmimitzrayimfrom EgyptH4714כְּתוֹעֲפֹתketo'afotlike [the] horns ofH8443רְאֵםre'ema wild oxH7214לוֹlo[belong] to <the> himיֹאכַלyokhalit will consumeH398גּוֹיִםgoyimnationsH1471צָרָיוtzaravopponents itsH6862וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶםve'atzmoteihemand bones theirH6106יְגָרֵםyegaremit will breakH1633וְחִצָּיוvechitzavand arrows itsH2671יִמְחָץ׃yimchatzit will wound [them]H4272
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Related verses
- Psalm 45:5Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
- Numbers 23:24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
- Jeremiah 50:17Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
- Numbers 14:9Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
- Psalm 2:9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
- Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
- Jeremiah 50:9For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
- Isaiah 38:13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Deuteronomy 32:42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
- Daniel 6:24And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
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People and places
Places: Egypt