Numbers 23:22
New International Version
God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.

New Living Translation
God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox.

English Standard Version
God brings them out of Egypt and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

Berean Standard Bible
God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

King James Bible
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

New King James Version
God brings them out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox.

New American Standard Bible
“God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

NASB 1995
“God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

NASB 1977
“God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

Legacy Standard Bible
God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

Amplified Bible
“God brought them out of Egypt; They have the strength of a wild ox.

Christian Standard Bible
God brought them out of Egypt; he is like the horns of a wild ox for them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God brought them out of Egypt; He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.

American Standard Version
God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

Contemporary English Version
With the strength of a wild ox, God led Israel out of Egypt.

English Revised Version
God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The God who brought them out of Egypt has the strength of a wild bull.

Good News Translation
God has brought them out of Egypt; He fights for them like a wild ox.

International Standard Version
From Egypt God brought them— his strength was like a wild ox!

Majority Standard Bible
God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

NET Bible
God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a wild bull.

New Heart English Bible
God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.

Webster's Bible Translation
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.

World English Bible
God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
God is bringing them out from Egypt, "" As the swiftness of a wild ox for him;

Young's Literal Translation
God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;

Smith's Literal Translation
God bringing them out of Egypt; as the swiftness of the buffalo to him.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros.

Catholic Public Domain Version
God has led him away from Egypt; his strength is like that of the rhinoceros.

New American Bible
They have the like of a wild ox’s horns: God who brought them out of Egypt.

New Revised Standard Version
God, who brings them out of Egypt, is like the horns of a wild ox for them.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
God brought them out of Egypt with his might and excellency.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
God has brought them forth from Egypt by his strength and with his majesty.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
God who brought them forth out of Egypt Is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Balaam's Second Oracle
21He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them. 22God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox. 23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’…

Cross References
Exodus 13:9
It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 33:17
His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Psalm 68:35
O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!

Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

Isaiah 49:26
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isaiah 63:12
who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,

Psalm 77:20
You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Psalm 78:52
He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

Psalm 105:43
He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

Psalm 114:1-2
When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, / Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel His dominion.

Acts 7:36
He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

Acts 13:17
The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

1 Corinthians 10:1-2
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

Hebrews 11:29
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

Revelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.


Treasury of Scripture

God brought them out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of an unicorn.

God

Numbers 22:5
He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

Numbers 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

Exodus 9:16
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

the strength

Deuteronomy 33:17
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

Job 39:10,11
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? …

Psalm 22:21
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

unicorn.

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Numbers 23
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God brought them out of Egypt
This phrase highlights the divine intervention and deliverance of the Israelites from slavery. The Hebrew word for "brought out" is "yatsa," which signifies a powerful act of liberation. This act is central to Israel's identity and faith, as it underscores God's faithfulness and power. Historically, the Exodus is a pivotal event, symbolizing God's covenantal promise and His ability to save His people against overwhelming odds. It serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and His role as a deliverer.

with strength like a wild ox
The comparison to a "wild ox" (Hebrew: "re'em") emphasizes the might and invincibility of God's power. The wild ox, possibly referring to the now-extinct aurochs, was known for its strength and untamable nature. This imagery conveys the idea that God's power is unmatched and formidable. In a spiritual context, it reassures believers of God's ability to protect and sustain them, just as He did for Israel. The wild ox symbolizes not only strength but also the freedom and authority that come from divine empowerment.

(22) God brought them out of Egypt.--Literally, is bringing them. The use of the participle denotes the continuance of the action. He who brought them forth out of Egypt was still conducting them on their march. There is an obvious allusion in these words to those of Balak in Numbers 22:5 : "Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt." Seeing that the people did not come out of Egypt in obedience to their own caprice, but under Divine guidance, it was vain for Balak to resist them on their course, seeing that to contend with them was to contend against God.

The strength of an unicorn.--Better, of a buffalo. (Comp. Deuteronomy 33:17--a passage closely resembling the present--from which it appears that the reem had more than one horn.)

Verse 22. - God. אֵל, and also at the end of the next verse, and four times in the next chapter (verses 4, 8, 16, 23). The use seems to be poetic, and no particular signification can be attached to it. Brought them, or, perhaps, "is leading them." So the Septuagint: Θεὸς ὁ ἐξαγαγὼν αὐτόν. Unicorn. Hebrew, רְאֵם. It is uniformly rendered μονοκέρως by the Septuagint, under the mistaken notion that the rhinoceros was intended. It is evident, however, from Deuteronomy 33:17 and other passages that the teem had two hems, and that its horns were its most prominent feature. It would also appear from Job 39:9-12 and Isaiah 34:7 that, while itself untameable, it was allied to species employed in husbandry. The reem may therefore have been the aurochs or urus, now extinct, but which formerly had so large a range in the forests of the old world. There is some doubt, however, whether the urns existed in those days in Syria, and it may have been a wild buffalo, or some kindred animal of the bovine genus, whose size, fierceness, and length of horn made it a wonder and a fear.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
God
אֵ֖ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

brought them out
מוֹצִיאָ֣ם (mō·w·ṣî·’ām)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

of Egypt
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם (mim·miṣ·rā·yim)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

with strength
כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת (kə·ṯō·w·‘ă·p̄ōṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 8443: Weariness, toil, speed

like a wild ox.
רְאֵ֖ם (rə·’êm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7214: A wild bull


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