Numbers 22 · Verse 39

Numbers 22:39

And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath–huzoth.

Numbers 22:39, King James Version

Numbers 22:39 in other translations

BSB	So Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
WEB	Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
ASV	And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth.
YLT	And Balaam goeth with Balak, and they come to Kirjath-Huzoth,
DARBY	And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjath-huzoth.
BBE	And Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath-huzoth.
Webster	And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjath-huzoth.

What does Numbers 22:39 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

39. Kirjath-huzoth--that is, "a city of streets."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 22:36-41

Balak has now nothing to complain of, but that Balaam did not come sooner. Balaam bids Balak not depend too much upon him. He seems to speak with vexation; but is really as desirous to please Balak, as ever he had pretended to be to please God. See what need we have to pray every day, Our Father which art in heaven, lead us not into temptation. Let us be jealous over our own hearts, seeing how far men may go in the…

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Numbers 22:39 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.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980

בִּלְעָ֖םbil.'AmBalaamH1109

עִם\־'im-withH5973

בָּלָ֑קba.LakBalakH1111

וַיָּבֹ֖אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935

קִרְיַ֥תkir.YatKiriath-H7155

חֻצֽוֹת\׃chu.TzothuzothH7155

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Kirjath-huzoth. or, a city of streets.Probably Rabbath-Moab, now called Rabba, the capital of the Moabites; and being the royal city, distinguished by its streets.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Numbers 22:38
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
Numbers 22:39
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath–huzoth.
Numbers 22:40
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

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Numbers 22:39 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y fué Balaam con Balac, y vinieron á la ciudad de Husoth.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Balaam alla avec Balak, et ils vinrent à Kiriath-Hutsoth.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Bileam ging mit Balak; und sie kamen nach Kirjath-Chuzoth.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Perrexerunt ergo simul, et venerunt in urbem, quæ in extremis regni ejus finibus erat.