21Then he saw the Kenites and uttered his oracle: "Your dwelling place is secure, your nest is set in a rock;


In Context

18 Edom will be conquered; Seir, his enemy, will be conquered, but Israel will grow strong.

19 A ruler will come out of Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city."

20 Then Balaam saw Amalek and uttered his oracle: "Amalek was first among the nations, but he will come to ruin at last."

21 Then he saw the Kenites and uttered his oracle: "Your dwelling place is secure, your nest is set in a rock;

22 yet you Kenites will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive."

23 Then he uttered his oracle: "Ah, who can live when God does this?

Numbers 24:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:21And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:21He saw also the Cinite: and took up his parable, and said: Thy habitation in- deed is strong: but though thou build thy nest in a rock,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:21And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21And he saw the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Firm is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest fixed in the rock;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:21And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, |Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:21And he seeth the Kenite, and taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Enduring is thy dwelling, And setting in a rock thy nest,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:21And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock.