Numbers 24:22
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 24:22 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 24:22 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. the Kenite: Heb. Kain until...: or,..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 24:22 — KJV
“Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. the Kenite: Heb. Kain until...: or, how long shall it be ere Asshur carry thee away captive”
— Numbers 24:22 (KJV)
Numbers 24:22 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 24:22
“Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, utterly...: Heb. desolate with desolation”
Shares key themes with Numbers 24:22: wasted, until, heb
“Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 24:22: kenite, away, heb
“If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away”
Shares key themes with Numbers 24:22: carry, away, captive
“For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. a song: Heb. the words of a song wasted...: Heb. laid us on heaps”
Shares key themes with Numbers 24:22: wasted, away, captive
“If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;”
Shares key themes with Numbers 24:22: carry, away, captive
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