“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
    the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,^(B)

⁵ “How beautiful are your tents,^(A) Jacob,
    your dwelling places, Israel!

⁶ “Like valleys they spread out,
    like gardens beside a river,^(B)
like aloes^(C) planted by the Lord,
    like cedars beside the waters.^(D)
7 Water will flow from their buckets;
    their seed will have abundant water.

“Their king will be greater than Agag;^(E)
    their kingdom will be exalted.^(F)

⁸ “God brought them out of Egypt;
    they have the strength of a wild ox.
They devour hostile nations
    and break their bones in pieces;^(G)
    with their arrows they pierce them.^(H)
9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness^(I)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed^(J)
    and those who curse you be cursed!”^(K)

¹⁷ “I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near.^(A)
A star will come out of Jacob;^(B)
    a scepter will rise out of Israel.^(C)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,^(D)
    the skulls^[a](E) of^[b] all the people of Sheth.^[c]
18 Edom^(F) will be conquered;
    Seir,^(G) his enemy, will be conquered,^(H)
    but Israel^(I) will grow strong.