The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened,
⁴ the oracle of one who hears the sayings of God,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,^(B)
who falls into a trance with his eyes uncovered:
⁵ How beautiful are your tents, Jacob,
your dwellings, Israel.
⁶ They stretch out like river valleys,^[b]
like gardens beside a stream,
like aloes the Lord has planted,
like cedars beside the water.
⁷ Water will flow from his buckets,
and his seed will be by abundant water.
His king will be greater than Agag,^(C)
and his kingdom will be exalted.
⁸ God brought him out of Egypt;
he is like^[c] the horns of a wild ox for them.^(D)
He will feed on enemy nations
and gnaw their bones;
he will strike them with his arrows.
⁹ He crouches, he lies down like a lion
or a lioness – who dares to rouse him?^(E)
Those who bless you will be blessed,
and those who curse you will be cursed.^(F)

The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened;
¹⁶ the oracle of one who hears the sayings of God
and has knowledge from the Most High,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls into a trance with his eyes uncovered:^(I)
17 I see him, but not now;
I perceive him, but not near.
A star will come from Jacob,
and a sceptre will arise from Israel.^(J)
He will smash the forehead^[d] of Moab
and strike down^[e] all the Shethites.^[f]
18 Edom will become a possession;
Seir^(K) will become a possession of its enemies,
but Israel will be triumphant.
¹⁹ One who comes from Jacob will rule;
he will destroy the city’s survivors.

Amalek was first among the nations,^(L)
but his future is destruction.

Your dwelling place is enduring;
your nest is set in the cliffs.
²² Kain will be destroyed
when Asshur takes you captive.

Ah, who can live when God does this?
²⁴ Ships will come from the coast of Kittim;^(M)
they will carry out raids against Asshur and Eber,^(N)
but they too will come to destruction.