Numbers 23:24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Context
This verse from Numbers Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. Balaam offers sacrifices from three locations and speaks oracles, but each time God replaces the expected curse with a blessing over Israel. The first oracle proclaims Israel's separateness and multiplicity; the second declares God does not change purposes and that …
Autres traductions
Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.
Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'
See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.
Références croisées
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out …
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is …
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat …
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm …
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, …
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be …
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among …