In arrogance the wrongdoer hotly pursues the poor; They are caught by the schemes which they devised.
Numbers 31:8 - The Scriptures 1998 And they slew the sovereigns of Miḏ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba; also Balaam son of Beor they slew with the sword. [Num. 22:31-35; Neh. 13:1, 2.] American Standard Version (1901) And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. Common English Bible They killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian, along with others slain. They also killed Balaam, Beor’s son, with the sword. Catholic Public Domain Version And they put to death by the sword their kings: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five leaders of the nation, and also Balaam the son of Beor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And their kings, Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beor, they killed with the sword. |
In arrogance the wrongdoer hotly pursues the poor; They are caught by the schemes which they devised.
יהוה has made Himself known, He has done right-ruling; The wrong is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
The integrity of the straight ones guides them, But the slipperiness of the treacherous destroys them.
A messenger that is wrong falls into evil, But a trustworthy envoy is a healing.
I saw the tents of Kushan under sorrow, The curtains of the land of Miḏ
“And now, see, I am going to my people. Come, let me advise you what this people is going to do to your people in the latter days.”
for they distressed you with their tricks with which they deceived you in the matter of Peʽ
having left the right way they went astray, having followed the way of Bilʽ
Woe to them! Because they have gone in the way of Qayin, and gave themselves to the delusion of Bilʽ
And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he led astray those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulphur.
“But I hold a few matters against you, because you have there those who adhere to the teaching of Bilʽ