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Numbers 23:24

American Standard Version

Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

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Numbers 23:24 in other translations

Behold, a people rises up as a lioness.
As a lion he lifts himself up.
He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey,
and drinks the blood of the slain.”

Numbers 23:24 · World English Bible

Numbers 23:24 in context

  1. 22God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
  2. 23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
  3. 24Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
  4. 25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
  5. 26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?