Numbers 24:21 - New International Version (Anglicised) Then he saw the Kenites and spoke his message: ‘Your dwelling-place is secure, your nest is set in a rock; 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, |
‘I thought, “I shall die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
The descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up from the City of Palms with the people of Judah to live among the inhabitants of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad.
Then he said to the Kenites, ‘Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.’ So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.