KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Numbers 24:21–22
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Numbers 24:21
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.
21And hee looked on the Kenites, and tooke vp his parable, and saide, Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rocke:
Numbers 24:22
22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
22Neuerthelesse, †the Kenite shall be wasted, ‖vntil Asshur shal carie thee away captiue.
- Heb. Kain
- Or, how long shall it be ere Ashur carry thee away captiue.
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DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 24:21
To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
A comparison or earthly account used to set forth a truth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Having strength, power, firmness, endurance, influence, or the ability to resist and prevail.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A dwelling, refuge, secure position, or accumulated possession compared to a bird's nest.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 24:22
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
Nevertheless
Not the less; even so; despite the preceding circumstance or objection.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Desolated; ruined; destroyed. Expended without necessity or use; lost through negligence; squandered.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To bear, convey, support, lead, or transport from one place to another.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study19The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
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Open the full verse study18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
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Open the full verse study16¶ And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study2Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
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Open the full verse study11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
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Open the full verse study22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
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Open the full verse study8Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
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Open the full verse study3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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