Joshua 24 · Verse 9

Joshua 24:9

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
Joshua 24:9, King James Version

Joshua 24:9 in other translations

BSBThen Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
WEBThen Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,
ASVThen Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;
YLT‘And Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, riseth and fighteth against Israel, and sendeth and calleth for Balaam son of Beor, to revile you,
DARBYAnd Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;
BBEThen Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, went up to war against Israel; and he sent for Balaam, the son of Beor, to put a curse on you:
WebsterThen Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

What does Joshua 24:9 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Then Balak - arose and warred against Israel - This circumstance is not related in Numbers 22:1-41, nor does it appear in that history that the Moabites attacked the Israelites; and probably the warring here mentioned means no more than his attempts to destroy them by the curses of Balaam, and the wiles of the Midianitish women.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 24:1-14

We must never think our work for God done, till our life is done. If he lengthen out our days beyond what we expected, like those of Joshua, it is because he has some further service for us to do. He who aims at the same mind which was in Christ Jesus, will glory in bearing the last testimony to his Saviour's goodness, and in telling to all around, the obligations with which the unmerited goodness of God has bound…

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Joshua 24:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֨קָםvai.Ya.komand he aroseH6965
בָּלָ֤קba.LakBalakH1111
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
צִפּוֹר֙tzi.pOrZipporH6834
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
מוֹאָ֔בmo.'AvMoabH4124
וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvai.yi.La.chemand he foughtH3898
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'Elagainst IsraelH3478
וַיִּשְׁלַ֗חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971
וַיִּקְרָ֛אvai.yik.Ra'and he summonedH7121
לְבִלְעָ֥םle.vil.'Am<to> BalaamH1109
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
בְּע֖וֹרbe.'orBeorH1160
לְקַלֵּ֥לle.ka.Lelto curseH7043
אֶתְכֶֽם\׃'et.Khem<obj.> youH853

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 24:9

  • Judges 11:25

    And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

  • Micah 6:5

    O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

  • Numbers 22:2

    And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

  • Deuteronomy 23:4-5

    Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

  • Numbers 22:5-21

    He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nu 22:5,6-21; De 23:4,5; Jud 11:25; Mic 6:5

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Context

  • Joshua 24:8

    And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

  • Joshua 24:9

    Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

  • Joshua 24:10

    But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

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Joshua 24:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y levantóse después Balac hijo de Sephor, rey de los Moabitas, y peleó contra Israel; y envió á llamar á Balaam hijo de Beor, para que os maldijese.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Balak, fils de Tsippor, roi de Moab, se leva et fit la guerre contre Israël; et il envoya et appela Balaam, fils de Béor, pour vous maudire;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da stand Balak auf, der Sohn Zippors, der König von Moab, und stritt wider Israel; und er sandte hin und ließ Bileam, den Sohn Beors, rufen, um euch zu verfluchen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Surrexit autem Balac filius Sephor rex Moab, et pugnavit contra Israëlem. Misitque et vocavit Balaam filium Beor, ut malediceret vobis: