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


In Context

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?

24 Ships will come from the shores of Kittim; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will come to ruin."

25 Then Balaam got up and returned home and Balak went his own way.

Numbers 24:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:23And taking up his parable, again he said: Alas, who shall live when God shall do these things?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas! Who shall live when God doeth this?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23He took up his parable, and said, |Alas, who shall live when God does this?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Alas! who doth live when God doth this?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this!