Numbers 24:8
ContextNET © | God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull; they will devour hostile people 1 and will break their bones and will pierce them through with arrows. |
NIV © | "God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox. They devour hostile nations and break their bones in pieces; with their arrows they pierce them. |
NASB © | "God brings him out of Egypt, He is for him like the horns of the wild ox. He will devour the nations who are his adversaries, And will crush their bones in pieces, And shatter them with his arrows. |
NLT © | God brought them up from Egypt, drawing them along like a wild ox. He devours all the nations that oppose him, breaking their bones in pieces, shooting them with arrows. |
MSG © | God brought them out of Egypt, rampaging like a wild ox, Gulping enemies like morsels of meat, crushing their bones, snapping their arrows. |
BBE © | It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows. |
NRSV © | God who brings him out of Egypt, is like the horns of a wild ox for him; he shall devour the nations that are his foes and break their bones. He shall strike with his arrows. |
NKJV © | "God brings him out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox; He shall consume the nations, his enemies; He shall break their bones And pierce them with his arrows. |
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NET © | God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull; they will devour hostile people 1 and will break their bones and will pierce them through with arrows. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “they will devour nations,” their adversaries. |