And he took up his parable and said: Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, son of Zippor!

And he took up his parable and said: The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened,

And he took up his parable and said, The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, and the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened;

And he took up his parable and said: Alas! Who shall live when the Mighty God brings this to pass?

Moreover Job continued on with his discourse, and said:

Moreover Job continued on with his discourse, and said:

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

Then I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! They say of me, Does he not speak parables?

In that day one shall take up a parable against you and wail a mournful lamentation, saying, We are devastated in utter ruin. He has changed the possession of my people. How He has removed it from me! To the turncoat He has divided the fields.

Shall not all of these take up a parable against him, and a mocking riddle against him, and say, Woe to him who increases what is not his! How long, then, shall he load himself with many pledges?

Another parable He spoke to them: The kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.

And they sought to lay hold on Him, but feared the multitude, for they knew He had spoken the parable against them. So they left Him and went away.

And he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the sons of his people, to summon him, saying: Behold, a people has come from Egypt. Behold, they cover the eye of the earth, and are staying next to me!

The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Arise, go to Paddan, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan;

because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

Therefore please come, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail and strike them and drive them out of the land, for I have perceived that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the eye of the earth. Come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall prevail to wage war and drive them out.

for I will honor you with great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me. Therefore please come, curse this people for me.

Like a flitting bird, like a flying swallow, so the curse without cause shall not alight.

And the Philistine said, I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who comes up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And it shall be that the man who kills him, the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free from taxes in Israel.

And David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the ranks of the living God!

Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has reproached the ranks of the living God.

Then David said to the Philistine, You are coming to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I am coming to you in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, the God of the ranks of Israel, whom you have reproached.

And when he reproached Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him.

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel retreated.