15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:


In Context

12 And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not speak also to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying,

13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

14 And now, behold, I go to my people: come therefore, I will advertise thee what this people will do to thy people in the latter days.

15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

16 He hath said, who heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, who saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

Numbers 24:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:15Then he uttered his oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of one whose eye sees clearly,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:15Therefore taking up his parable, again he said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man whose eye is stopped up, hath said:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:15He took up his parable, and said, |Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:15And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor — And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said: