The Moabites(A) said to the elders of Midian,(B) “This horde is going to lick up everything(C) around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.(D)

So Balak son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,

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So Moab said to (A)the elders of Midian, “Now this company will [a]lick up everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 22:4 consume

They will spring up like grass(A) in a meadow,
    like poplar trees(B) by flowing streams.(C)

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They will spring up among the grass
Like willows by the watercourses.’

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11 The Lord will guide(A) you always;
    he will satisfy your needs(B) in a sun-scorched land(C)
    and will strengthen(D) your frame.
You will be like a well-watered garden,(E)
    like a spring(F) whose waters never fail.

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11 The Lord will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

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14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice(A)
    and you will flourish(B) like grass;
the hand(C) of the Lord will be made known to his servants,(D)
    but his fury(E) will be shown to his foes.

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The Reign and Indignation of God

14 When you see this, your heart shall rejoice,
And (A)your bones shall flourish like grass;
The hand of the Lord shall be known to His servants,
And His indignation to His enemies.

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