 | Richard Cattermole - Christianity - 1834 - 410 pages
...? and what do I desire on earth in comparison of thee ?' ' Balaam could say, how truly soever, ' I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh ;' * but, Lord, I see thee even now ; I behold thee so nigh me that I live in thee, and would rather... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - Bible - 1839 - 288 pages
...the Assyrians. See 1 Chron. 2 : 55. the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall srnire the... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - English literature - 1835 - 568 pages
...she would apply to herself those expressive words of Balaam, when speaking of him that should come, I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but...frequent; they were, however, most awful to those present, aad never to be forgotten by them. " The last hours of the Comtesse de Barfleur were calm, and her... | |
 | Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...whose eyes are open hath said: NUMBERS 24 134 falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English literature - 1969 - 1278 pages
...the Star properly is not: and perhaps that vision of the prophet's mind carried far into futurity, "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh," is expressive of something more than an ideal vision, the mirrour of " These two words, in italic in... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - Religion - 1963 - 388 pages
...of victory is to adorn the brow of Him who called, separated, justified, and blessed His people. "I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall arise out of Israel" (Numbers 24:17). One... | |
 | Health Research - Religion - 1996 - 198 pages
...Most High, which saw the visions of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open, I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh ; there shall come a Star out of Jacob and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. Out of Jacob shall come... | |
 | Robert Taylor - 1996 - 728 pages
...open, hath said, He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, which shall smite the... | |
 | Bonnie Gaunt - Art - 1999 - 252 pages
...Perseus). Long before David's time, the prophet Balaam spoke a strange prophecy of the "last days." "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not near: A Star shall come forth out of Jacob; and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel." (Numbers 24:17)... | |
 | Michael Shapiro, Daniel Shapiro, Nancy Hartman - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 406 pages
...mathematical wizardry to more deadly schemes of warlike strategy. 26 Simon Bar Kokhba (fl. 135 CE) I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out to Israel, and shall smite the corners... | |
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I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 
