Numbers 24:21 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²¹ And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, And thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ And he looked at the Kenites and took up his [prophetic] utterance, and said: Strong is your dwelling place, and you set your nest in the rock.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

Common English Bible

²¹ He looked at the Kenites and raised his voice and gave his address: “Your dwelling is secure; your nest is set in the rock.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Likewise, he saw the Kainites, and taking up his parable, he said: "Robust, indeed, is your habitation. But though you will set your nest in a rock,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ He saw also the Cinite, and took up his parable, and said: Thy habitation indeed is strong: but though thou build thy nest in a rock,

Numbers 24:21 Cross References

Genesis 15:19

the Kenites, and the Ken´izzites, and the Kad´monites,

Job 29:18

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

Judges 1:16

And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

1 Samuel 15:6

And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amal´ekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amal´ekites.