therefore those using similes say -- `Enter ye Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and ready,

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me -- Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come -- curse for me Jacob, And come -- be indignant [with] Israel.

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

and he taketh up his simile, and saith: `An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor -- And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut --

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor -- And an affirmation of the man whose eyes [are] shut --

And he seeth Amalek, and taketh up his simile, and saith: `A beginning of the Goyim [is] Amalek; And his latter end -- for ever he perisheth.'

And he seeth the Kenite, and taketh up his simile, and saith: `Enduring [is] thy dwelling, And setting in a rock thy nest,

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Alas! who doth live when God doth this?

and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.

And a man thence answereth and saith, `And who [is] their father?' therefore it hath been for a simile, `Is Saul also among the prophets?'

as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.

And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs [are] five, and the chief one;

then I have cut off Israel from the face of the ground that I have given to them, and the house that I have hallowed for My name I send away from My presence, and Israel hath been for a simile and for a byword among all the peoples;

Your remembrances [are] similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.

And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.

I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out -- he made right many similes.

That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

And I have given them for a trembling, For evil -- to all kingdoms of the earth, For a reproach, and for a simile, For a byword, and for a reviling, In all the places whither I drive them.

`Son of man, what [is] this simile to you, concerning the land of Israel, saying, Prolonged are the days, and perished hath every vision?

therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have caused this simile to cease, And they use it not as a simile again in Israel, But speak to them: Drawn near have the days, And spoken hath every vision.