Nehr · Numbers 24

Numbers 24:20

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

— Numbers 24:20, King James Version
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World English Bible (WEB)

He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And he seeth Amalek, and taketh up his simile, and saith: 'A beginning of the Goyim <FI>is<Fi> Amalek; And his latter end--for ever he perisheth.'

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