Numbers 23:24 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁴ “Look, a people rises like a lioness, and lifts itself up like a lion; it lies not down until it devours the prey, and drinks 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."

Numbers 23:24 Cross References

Genesis 49:27

“Binyamin is a wolf that tears, in the morning he eats prey, and at night he divides the spoil.”

Genesis 49:9

“Yehuḏ

1 Kings 10:20

And twelve lions were standing there, one on each side of the six steps. The like of it was never made in any reign.

2 Chronicles 9:18

and six steps led to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne; and there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests.

Psalm 17:12

Like a lion who is eager to tear his prey, And as a young lion crouching in cover.

Proverbs 30:30

A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from facing all;

Isaiah 31:4

For this is what יהוה  has said to me, “As a lion roars, and a young lion over his prey, though a band of shepherds is called out against him, he is not afraid of their voice nor disturbed by their noise, so יהוה  of hosts shall come down to fight upon Mount Tsiyon and upon its hill.

Daniel 2:44

“And in the days of these sovereigns the Elah of the heavens shall set up a reign which shall never be destroyed, nor the reign pass on to other people – it crushes and puts to an end all these reigns, and it shall stand forever.

Amos 3:8

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Master יהוה  has spoken! Who would not prophesy?

Nahum 2:11

Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness and the lion’s cub walked, with no one to disturb them?

Nahum 2:12

The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with torn prey.

Zechariah 12:6

“In that day I make the leaders of Yehuḏ

Numbers 23:25

And Balaq said to Bilʽ

Numbers 24:17

“I see Him, but not now; I observe Him, but not near. A Star shall come out of Yaʽ

Deuteronomy 33:20

And of Gaḏ

Revelation 5:5

And one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Yehuḏ