King James Version
Numbers 24:14 in the King James Version says “And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people ...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.”
Numbers 24:14 · KJV
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And now behold I go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“thee what this people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“And now behold I go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“therefore and I will advertise”
H3289to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“thee what this people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“thee what this people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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