Numbers 23:22
“God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an Unicorne.”
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Numbers 23:22 Context
20Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: and hee hath blessed, and I cannot reuerse it. 21Hee hath not beheld iniquitie in Iacob, neither hath he seene peruersenesse in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shoute of a King is among them. 22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an Unicorne. 23Surely there is no inchantment against Iacob, neither is there any diuination against Israel: according to this time it shalbe said of Iacob, and of Israel, What hath God wrought! 24Beholde, the people shall rise vp as a great Lion, and lift vp himselfe as a yong Lion: hee shall not lie downe vntill he eate of the pray, and drinke the blood of the slaine.
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Other Translations for Numbers 23:22
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
- King James Version
"God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
- American Standard Version (1901)
It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox.
- Basic English Bible
God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.
- Darby Bible
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.
- Webster's Bible
God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
- World English Bible
God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;
- Youngs Literal Bible
God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 23:22
23:22 Out of Egypt - Namely, by a strong hand, and in spite of all their enemies, and therefore it is in vain to seek or hope to overcome them. He - Israel, whom God brought out of Egypt, such change of numbers being very common in the Hebrew language. The sense is, Israel is not now what he was in Egypt, a poor, weak, dispirited, unarmed people, but high and strong and invincible. An unicorn - The word may mean either a rhinoceros, or a strong and fierce kind of wild goat. But such a creature as an unicorn, as commonly painted, has no existence in nature.