Numbers 23:22

22 God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.

Numbers 23:22 in Other Translations

KJV
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
ESV
22 God brings them out of Egypt and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
NLT
22 God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox.
MSG
22 God brought them out of Egypt, rampaging like a wild ox.
CSB
22 God brought them out of Egypt; He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.

Numbers 23:22 In-Context

20 I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
21 “No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.
23 There is no divination against Jacob, no evil omens against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’
24 The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till it devours its prey and drinks the blood of its victims.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. Numbers 24:8; Joshua 2:10; Joshua 9:9
  • 2. Deuteronomy 33:17; Job 39:9; Psalms 22:21; Psalms 29:6; Psalms 92:10; Isaiah 34:7
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