King James Version
Numbers 24:4 in the King James Version says “He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his ...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:”
Numbers 24:4 · KJV
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: whose: Heb. who had his eyes shut, but now opened
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“which heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“of God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which saw”
H2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
“falling”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“open”
H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
“into a trance but having his eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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