Numbers 24:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Next he saw the Kenites and proclaimed his poem: Your dwelling place is enduring; your nest is set in the cliffs. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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, |
So I thought, ‘I will die in my own nest and multiply my days as the sand.
The descendants of the Kenite, Moses’s father-in-law, had gone up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms , to the Wilderness of Judah, which was in the Negev of Arad. They went to live among the people.
He warned the Kenites, ‘Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, go on and leave! Get away from the Amalekites, or I’ll sweep you away with them.’ So the Kenites withdrew from the Amalekites.