Leeser(i)
14 And now, behold, I am going unto my people: come, I will advise thee against what this people will do to thy people in the end of days.
15 And he took up his parable and said, Thus saith Bil’am the son of Beor, and thus saith the man whose eyes are open;
16 Thus saith he who heareth the sayings of God, and knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, falling down, with unvailed eyes:
17 I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there steppeth forth a star out of Jacob, and there ariseth a sceptre out of Israel, and he pierceth the chiefs of Moab, and destroyeth all the children of Sheth.
18 And Edom shall be a conquest, and Seir shall be a conquest for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19 And there shall rule the one from Jacob, and he shall destroy whatever escapeth out of the city.
20 And he looked on Amalek, and he took up his parable, and said, The first of nations is Amalek; but his latter end shall be destruction for ever.
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and placed on the rock is thy nest.
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted: whither will Asshur carry thee away captive?
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doth appoint this one?
24 But ships will come from the coast of Kittim, and will afflict Asshur, and will afflict ‘Eber; and he also will be given to destruction for ever.
25 And Bil’am rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.