9For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself.


In Context

6 And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab.

7 And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'From Aram he doth lead me — Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come — curse for me Jacob, And come — be indignant with Israel.

8 What — do I pierce? — God hath not pierced! And what — am I indignant? — Jehovah hath not been indignant!

9 For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself.

10 Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!'

11 And Balak saith unto Balaam, 'What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee — and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;'

Numbers 23:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:9From the rocky peaks I see them, from the heights I view them. I see a people who live apart and do not consider themselves one of the nations.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:9I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwell alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: see, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.