Numbers 24:22
“Neuerthelesse, the Kenite shall be wasted, vntil Asshur shal carie thee away captiue.”
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Numbers 24:22 Context
20¶ And when he looked on Amalek, he tooke vp his parable, and sayd, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall bee, that hee perish for euer. 21And hee looked on the Kenites, and tooke vp his parable, and saide, Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rocke: 22Neuerthelesse, the Kenite shall be wasted, vntil Asshur shal carie thee away captiue. 23And he tooke vp his parable, and said, Alas! who shall liue when God doeth this? 24And shippes shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shal afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and hee also shall perish for euer.
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Other Translations for Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
- King James Version
"Nevertheless Kain will be consumed; How long will Asshur keep you captive?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But still the Kenites will be wasted, till Asshur takes you away prisoner.
- Basic English Bible
But the Kenite shall be consumed, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
- Darby Bible
Nevertheless, the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asher shall carry thee away captive.
- Webster's Bible
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away captive."
- World English Bible
But the Kenite is for a burning; Till when doth Asshur keep thee captive?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted; How long? Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 24:22
24:22 The Kenite - Heb. Kain, that is, the Kenite, so called, either by a transposition of letters, which is very usual in the Hebrew tongue; or from the name of some eminent place where they lived, or person from whom they were descended, though now the memory of them be utterly lost, as it hath fared with innumerable other places and persons, famous in their generations, mentioned in ancient Heathen writers. Shall be wasted - Shall be by degrees diminished by the incursions of divers enemies, till at last the Assyrian comes to compleat the work and carries them into captivity. For the Kenites who lived partly among the ten tribes, and partly with the two tribes, were carried captive with them, part by Salmaneser, the King of Assyria, and part by Nebuchadnezzar, who also is called an Assyrian, #Ezra 6:22 Isa 52:4|.