Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! Treasury of Scripture can count Genesis 13:16 And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth... Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven... Genesis 28:14 And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north... the dust. the posterity of Jacob, which was to be so numerous as to resemble the dust. the fourth Numbers 2:9,16,24,31 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred... me. Heb. my soul, or my life. the death Psalm 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death. Isaiah 57:1,2 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away... Luke 2:29,30 Lord, now let you your servant depart in peace, according to your word... 1 Corinthians 3:21,22 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours... 1 Corinthians 15:53-57 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality... 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands... Philippians 1:21-23 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain... 2 Timothy 4:6-8 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand... 2 Peter 1:13-15 Yes, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance... Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from now on: Yes, said the Spirit...
Context Balaam's First Oracle
1And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to an high place. 4And God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak. 6And he returned to him, and, see, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. 8How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied? 9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: see, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! 11And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether. 12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD has put in my mouth? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end be like to them.
Darby Bible Translation
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!
King James Bible
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Young's Literal Translation
Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!'
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