Numbers 24:20
New English Translation
Balaam’s Final Prophecies
20 Then Balaam[a] looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle:[b]
“Amalek was the first[c] of the nations,
but his end will be that he will perish.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 24:20 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Balaam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Numbers 24:20 tn Heb “and he lifted up his oracle and said.” So also in vv. 21, 23.
- Numbers 24:20 sn This probably means that it held first place, or it thought that it was “the first of the nations.” It was not the first, either in order or greatness.
Numbers 24:20
New International Version
Balaam’s Fifth Message
20 Then Balaam saw Amalek(A) and spoke his message:
“Amalek was first among the nations,
but their end will be utter destruction.”(B)
Numbers 24:20
King James Version
20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
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