Numbers 23:1 (ESV)

Numbers 23:10 - Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part[fn] of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”

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KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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!

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

“Who can count the dust[fn] of Jacob,
Or number one-fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,
And let my end be like his!”

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

Who can count Jacob’s descendants, as numerous as dust?
Who can count even a fourth of Israel’s people?
Let me die like the righteous;
let my life end like theirs.”

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my final end be like theirs!”

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part[fn] of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Who has counted the dust of Jacob

or numbered even one-fourth of Israel?

Let me die the death of the upright;

let the end of my life be like theirs.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

“Who^H4310 has counted^H4487 the dust^H6083 of Jacob^H3290,

Or the number^H4557 of the fourth^H7255 part^H7255 of Israel^H3478?

May [fn]I die^H4191 the death^H4194 of the upright^H3477,

And may my end^H319 be like^H3644 his!”

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

“Who can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let [fn]me die the death of the upright,
And let my end be like his!”

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

“Who^H4310 can number^H4487 the dust^H6083 of Jacob^H3290,

Or count^H4557 the fourth^H7255 part^H7255 of Israel^H3478?

Let [fn]me die^H4191 the death^H4194 of the upright^H3477,

And let my end^H319 be like^H3644 his!”

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

“Who can count the dust (the descendants) of Jacob

And the number of even the fourth part of Israel?

Let me die the death of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God],

And let my end be like his!”

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs."

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

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 end be like his!"

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

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!

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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!'

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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!

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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!

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

Who can count the dust of Ya`akov, Or number the fourth part of Yisra'el? Let me die the death of the righteous, Let my last end be like his!

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

quis dinumerare possit pulverem Iacob et nosse numerum stirpis Israhel moriatur anima mea morte iustorum et fiant novissima mea horum similia

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُحْصِيَ تُرَابَ يَعْقُوبَ أَوْ يَعُدَّ رُبْعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ لِتَمُتْ نَفْسِي مَوْتَ الأَبْرَارِ، وَلْتَكُنْ آخِرَتِي كَآخِرَتِهِمْ».

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

מִ֤י מָנָה֙ עֲפַ֣ר יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּמִסְפָּ֖ר אֶת־רֹ֣בַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תָּמֹ֤ת נַפְשִׁי֙ מ֣וֹת יְשָׁרִ֔ים וּתְהִ֥י אַחֲרִיתִ֖י כָּמֹֽהוּ׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

τίς ἐξηκριβάσατο τὸ σπέρμα Ιακωβ καὶ τίς ἐξαριθμήσεται δήμους Ισραηλ ἀποθάνοι ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ψυχαῖς δικαίων καὶ γένοιτο τὸ σπέρμα μου ὡς τὸ σπέρμα τούτων

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

مَنْ أَحْصَى تُرَابَ يَعْقُوبَ وَرُبْعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِعَدَدٍ؟ لِتَمُتْ نَفْسِي مَوْتَ الأَبْرَارِ، وَلْتَكُنْ آخِرَتِي كَآخِرَتِهِمْ».

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

¿Quién contará el polvo de Jacob, o el número de la cuarta parte de Israel? Muera mi persona de la muerte de los rectos, y mi postrimería sea como la suya.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

¿Quién contará el polvo de Jacob, O el número de la cuarta parte de Israel? Muera yo la muerte de los rectos, Y mi postrimería sea como la suya.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

誰能數點雅各的塵土、誰能計算以色列的四分之一．我願如義人之死而死、我願如義人之終而終。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

¿Quién contará el polvo de Jacob? ¿Quién calculará la polvareda de Israel? ¡Muera yo la muerte de los justos, y sea mi final como el suyo!"

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

야곱의 티끌을 뉘 능히 계산하며 이스라엘 사분지 일을 뉘 능히 계수할꼬 나는 의인의 죽음같이 죽기를 원하며 나의 종말이 그와 같기를 바라도다 하매

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Qui peut compter la poussière de Jacob, Et dire le nombre du quart d'Israël? Que je meure de la mort des justes, Et que ma fin soit semblable à la leur!

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Wer kann zählen den Staub Jakobs und die Zahl des vierten Teils Israels? Meine Seele müsse sterben des Todes der Gerechten, und mein Ende werde wie dieser Ende!

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Кто исчислит песок Иакова и число четвертой части Израиля? Да умрет душа моя смертью праведников, и да будет кончина моя, как их!

SESE (read chapter in SE)

¿Quién contará el polvo de Jacob, o el número de la cuarta parte de Israel? Muera mi alma de la muerte de los rectos, y mi postrimería sea como la suya.

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ESV Footnotes

(23:10)

Or dust clouds

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