Numbers 22:2
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
Numbers 22:2 in other translations
| BSB | Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites, |
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| WEB | Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. |
| ASV | And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. |
| YLT | And Balak son of Zippor seeth all that Israel hath done to the Amorite, |
| DARBY | And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. |
| BBE | Now Balak, the son of Zippor, saw what Israel had done to the Amorites. |
| Webster | And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. |
What does Numbers 22:2 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 22:1-14
The king of Moab formed a plan to get the people of Israel cursed; that is, to set God against them, who had hitherto fought for them. He had a false notion, that if he could get some prophet to pray for evil upon them, and to pronounce a blessing upon himself and his forces, that then he should be able to deal with them. None had so great a reputation as Balaam; and Balak will employ him, though he send a great way…
Numbers 22:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 22:2
- 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,
- Numbers 21:20-35
And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. …
- Numbers 21:3
And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
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Context
- Numbers 22:1
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
- Numbers 22:2
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
- Numbers 22:3
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
Numbers 22:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vió Balac, hijo de Zippor, todo lo que Israel había hecho al Amorrheo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Balak, fils de Tsippor, vit tout ce qu’Israël avait fait aux Amoréens; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Balak, der Sohn Zippors, sah alles, was Israel den Amoritern getan hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Videns autem Balac filius Sephor omnia quæ fecerat Israël Amorrhæo, |