Numbers 23:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁴ 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ Behold, 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Behold, a people! They rise up as a lioness and lift themselves up as a lion; he shall not lie down until he devours the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁴ A people now rises like a lioness, like a lion it stands up. It doesn’t lie down until it eats the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Behold, the people will rise up like a lioness, and lie down like a lion. But they will not lie down until they devour the prey and drink the blood of the slain."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Behold, the people shall rise up as a lioness: and shall lift itself up as a lion. It shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Numbers 23:24 Cross References

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin is a wolf that ravineth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.

Genesis 49:9

Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?

1 Kings 10:20

And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

2 Chronicles 9:18

And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

Psalm 17:12

He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Proverbs 30:30

The lion, which is mightiest among beasts, And turneth not away for any;

Isaiah 31:4

For thus saith the LORD unto me, Like as when the lion growleth and the young lion over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, he will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof.

Daniel 2:44

And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Amos 3:8

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GODhath spoken, who can but prophesy?

Nahum 2:11

Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

Nahum 2:12

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

Zechariah 12:6

In that day will I make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a torch of fire among sheaves; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall yet again dwell in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

Numbers 23:25

And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

Numbers 24:17

I see him, but not now: I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.

Deuteronomy 33:20

And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

Revelation 5:5

and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome, to open the book and the seven seals thereof.