Numbers 24:22

New Life Version

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

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.

Good News Translation
But you Kenites will be destroyed When Assyria takes you 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 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 began speaking and said, "Balaam the son of Beor is the man whose eye is opened. ¹⁶ He hears the words of God. He knows what the Most High wants him to know. He sees what the All-powerful wants him to see. He falls down, but has his eyes open. ¹⁷ I see him, but not now. I see him, but he is not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A special stick of power will rise from Israel. It will crush the forehead of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth. ¹⁸ It will take the land of Edom. And it will take the land of Seir, who fights against Israel. And Israel will fight with much power. ¹⁹ One from Jacob will rule. He will destroy from the city all who are left alive." ²⁰ Then Balaam looked at Amalek and said, "Amalek was the first of the nations. But he will be destroyed in the end." ²¹ Then he looked at the Kenite and said, "The place where you live is strong. Your nest is set in the rock. ²² But Kain will be destroyed. How long will Asshur keep you against your will?" ²³ Then Balaam said, "Who can live when God does this? ²⁴ But ships will come from Kittim. They will bring trouble to Asshur and Eber, but they will be destroyed also."

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
Abraham said to the oldest servant in his house and the one who took care of all that he owned, "Place your hand under my hip,

Genesis 24:3
and I will have you promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. Promise that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, who live around me.

Genesis 24:9
So the servant placed his hand under the hip of Abraham, and he promised to do this.

Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of Abraham's camels and left. He took with him all kinds of gifts from Abraham. Then he went to the city of Nahor in Mesopotamia.

Genesis 24:11
He made the camels get down on their knees outside the city by the well of water in the evening. It was the time when women go out to get water.

Genesis 24:12
He said, "O Lord, the God of my boss Abraham, let all go well for me today. Show loving-kindness to my boss Abraham.

Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished speaking, Rebekah came out, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah and Nahor, the brother of Abraham. She had a jar on her shoulder.

Genesis 24:16
The girl was very beautiful and had never lain with a man. She went down to the well, filled her jar and came up.

Genesis 24:19
When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will get water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking."

Genesis 24:23
He said, "Whose daughter are you? Tell me, is there a place for us to stay in your father's house?"

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.