Numbers 24:22

Good News Translation

But you Kenites will be destroyed When Assyria takes you captive."

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Nevertheless Kayin shall be wasted, Until Ashshur shall carry you away captive.

King James Version
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

Lexham English Bible
Nevertheless, the Kenite will be burned; how long will Asshur keep you captive?"

English Standard Version
Nevertheless, Kain shall be burned when Asshur takes you away captive."

New Century Version
But you Kenites will be burned up; Assyria will keep you captive."

New English Translation
Nevertheless the Kenite will be consumed. How long will Asshur take you away captive?"

Amplified Bible
"Nevertheless the Kenites will be consumed. How long will Asshur (Assyria) keep you (Israel) captive?"

New American Standard Bible
"Nevertheless Kain will suffer devastation; How long will Asshur keep you captive?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Neuerthelesse, the Kenite shalbe spoyled vntill Asshur cary thee away captiue.

Legacy Standard Bible
Nevertheless Kain will be consumed;How long will Asshur keep you captive?"

Contemporary English Version
but they will be wiped out when Assyria conquers them.

Complete Jewish Bible
Kayin will be wasted while captive to Ashur."

Darby Translation
But the Kenite shall be consumed, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

Easy-to-Read Version
But you Kenites will be destroyed, just as the Lord destroyed Cain. Assyria will make you prisoners."

George Lamsa Translation
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted until Assyria shall carry you away captive.

Christian Standard Bible®
Kain will be destroyedwhen Asshur takes you captive.

Literal Translation
But the Kenites shall be consumed, until Assyria shall carry you away.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
neuertheles thou shalt be a burninge vnto Kain, tyll Assur take ye presoner.

American Standard Version
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

Bible in Basic English
But still the Kenites will be wasted, till Asshur takes you away prisoner.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, the Kenite shalbe rooted out, vntyll Assur take thee prisoner.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted; How long? Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

King James Version (1611)
Neuerthelesse, the Kenite shall be wasted, vntil Asshur shal carie thee away captiue.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry thee away captive.

English Revised Version
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

Berean Standard Bible
Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and schalt be chosun of the generacioun of Cyn, hou longe schalt thou mow dwelle? forsothe Assur schal take thee.

Young's Literal Translation
But the Kenite is for a burning; Till when doth Asshur keep thee captive?'

Update Bible Version
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry you away captive.

Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless, the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asher shall carry thee away captive.

World English Bible
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry you away captive.

New King James Version
Nevertheless Kain shall be burned. How long until Asshur carries you away captive?"

New Living Translation
But the Kenites will be destroyed when Assyria takes you captive."

New Life Bible
But Kain will be destroyed. How long will Asshur keep you against your will?"

New Revised Standard
yet Kain is destined for burning. How long shall Asshur take you away captive?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yet shall it be for destruction, O Kain, - How long shall Assyria hold thee captive?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou be chosen of the stock of Cin, how long shalt thou be able to continue? For Assur shall take thee captive.

Revised Standard Version
nevertheless Kain shall be wasted. How long shall Asshur take you away captive?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Nevertheless Kain will be consumed; How long will Asshur keep you captive?"

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Then he uttered this prophecy: "The message of Balaam son of Beor, The words of the man who can see clearly, ¹⁶ Who can hear what God is saying And receive the knowledge that comes from the Most High. With staring eyes I see in a trance A vision from Almighty God. ¹⁷ I look into the future, And I see the nation of Israel. A king, like a bright star, will arise in that nation. Like a comet he will come from Israel. He will strike the leaders of Moab And beat down all the people of Seth. ¹⁸ He will conquer his enemies in Edom And make their land his property, While Israel continues victorious. ¹⁹ The nation of Israel will trample them down And wipe out the last survivors." ²⁰ Then in his vision Balaam saw the Amalekites and uttered this prophecy: "Amalek was the most powerful nation of all, But at the end it will perish forever." ²¹ In his vision he saw the Kenites, and uttered this prophecy: "The place where you live is secure, Safe as a nest set high on a cliff, ²² But you Kenites will be destroyed When Assyria takes you captive." ²³ Balaam uttered this prophecy: "Who are these people gathering in the north? ²⁴ Invaders will sail from Cyprus; They will conquer Assyria and Eber, But they, in turn, will perish forever."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Kenite: Heb. Kain, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. or, how long shall it be ere Asshur carry thee away captive? Genesis 10:11, Ezra 4:2, Psalms 83:8, Hosea 14:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:19 - Kenites Judges 1:16 - the Kenite 1 Samuel 15:6 - the Kenites 1 Chronicles 1:17 - Asshur Ezekiel 27:23 - Asshur

Cross-References

Genesis 24:2
He said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of all that he had, "Place your hand between my thighs and make a vow.

Genesis 24:3
I want you to make a vow in the name of the Lord , the God of heaven and earth, that you will not choose a wife for my son from the people here in Canaan.

Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand between the thighs of Abraham, his master, and made a vow to do what Abraham had asked.

Genesis 24:10
The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.

Genesis 24:11
When he arrived, he made the camels kneel down at the well outside the city. It was late afternoon, the time when women came out to get water.

Genesis 24:12
He prayed, " Lord , God of my master Abraham, give me success today and keep your promise to my master.

Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished praying, Rebecca arrived with a water jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife Milcah.

Genesis 24:16
She was a very beautiful young woman and still a virgin. She went down to the well, filled her jar, and came back.

Genesis 24:19
When he had finished, she said, "I will also bring water for your camels and let them have all they want."

Genesis 24:23
He said, "Please tell me who your father is. Is there room in his house for my men and me to spend the night?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted,.... Though they were so strongly fortified, and closely immured and surrounded with rocks and mountains, yet they should gradually waste away, as they were but few in Saul's time, 1 Samuel 15:6

until Ashur shall carry thee away captive; Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria, when he carried captive the people of Syria, took these with them, 2 Kings 16:9, though Jarchi thinks they were carried captives with the ten tribes, that is, by Shalmaneser, king of Assyria; and the Targum of Jonathan, by Sennacherib, king of Assyria; and others think by Nebuchadnezzar, who was sometimes reckoned a king of Assyria; taking them to be the same with the Amalekites, who were carried captives and returned with the two tribes.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Render, For Kain shall surely not be destroyed (literally “be for destruction”) until Asshur, etc. The words are not, as they appear in the King James Version, a prediction of evil to the Kenites, but a promise, on the contrary, of safety to be long continued to them (compare Numbers 10:32; Jeremiah 35:19).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 24:22. Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. — The Assyrians and Babylonians who carried away captive the ten tribes, 2 Kings 17:6, and the Jews into Babylon, 2 Kings 25:1; 2 Kings 25:11, probably carried away the Kenites also. Indeed this seems pretty evident, as we find some Kenites mentioned among the Jews after their return from the Babylonish captivity, 1 Chronicles 2:55.