Numbers 24:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: ”

Numbers 24:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whose eyes are open - i. e., opened in inward vision, to discern things that were hidden from ordinary beholders.
Numbers 24:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes (b) are open hath said: (b) His eyes were shut up before in respect to the clear visions which he saw a...
Numbers 24:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Balaam's Third Oracle. This varies the tenor of the two previous utterances by dwelling upon the fertility of Israel's soil, and the eminence of its ruler. It was probably constructed, like the pre...
Numbers 24:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And he took up his parable. Compare Numbers 23:7 ; Numbers 23:18 . the man . the strong or mighty man. Hebrew. geber. See App-14. whose eyes are. Hebrew "whose eye is". open. Hebrew. s...
Numbers 24:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. And the man whose eyes are open, (166) hath said. This preface has no other object than to prove that he is a true prophet of God, and that he has received the blessing, which he pron...
Numbers 24:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: He took up his parable - His prophetic declaration couched in highly poetic terms, a...
Numbers 24:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Balaam, the son of Beor, hath said— There seems to be no reason for understanding this introduction, with Bishop Patrick, as a proof of Balaam's vanity; since it is agreeable to the ordinary style...
Numbers 24:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said - `Balaam the son of Beor prophesies, An...
Numbers 24:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Balaam (continued) 1-9. Balaam's Third Utterance.
Numbers 24:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Balaam the son of Beor hath said. — The Hebrew word ( neum ) is imperfectly rendered by hath said. It is the word which is commonly used in the prophetical books of Scripture to denote a Divine s...
Numbers 24:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BALAAM'S PARABLES Numbers 22:39-41 , Numbers 24:1-9 THE scene is now on some mountain of Moab from which the encampment of the Hebrew tribes in the plain of the Jordan is fully visible. At Kir...
Numbers 24:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Balaam's Vision of Israel's Prosperity Numbers 24:1-14 In these remarkable words Balaam describes the condition and prospects of God's people. They reveal the innermost thought which even a bad...
Numbers 24:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From the closing sentences in chapter twenty-three we learn that Balaam was taken to yet another place of vision, from whence he looked on the desert. The Spirit of God came upon him and again he utt...
Numbers 24:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe how the HOLY GHOST hath caused the expressions of Balaam to be guarded. It is the man whose eyes are opened, not whose heart; whose knowledge of divine things is in the head, but who never fe...
Numbers 24:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he took up his parable ,.... His parable of prophecy, as the Targums, his prophetic speech, which, with a loud voice, he expressed in the hearing of Balak and his nobles: and said, Balaam the...
Numbers 24:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: Ver. 3. Whose eyes are open. ] And therefore can speak it of a certainty: for wha...
Numbers 24:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Spirit of God came upon him And is it likely that the Spirit of God would have come upon a sorcerer or enchanter? A prophetic influence from God came upon him, whereby he was enabled to foresee...
Numbers 24:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

BALAAM'S THIRD PROPHECY (vs.1-13) THE BEAUTY OF LIFE At least Balaam had learned by now that the Lord had the unchangeable purpose of blessing Israel, so this time he knew it was useless to s...
Numbers 24:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Balaam Blesses Israel a Third Time. B. C. 1452. 1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased th...
Numbers 24:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The eyes, either, 1. Of his body, as in the following verse; or, 2. Of his mind, which God had opened in a peculiar and prophetical manner, whence prophets are called seers, 1 Samuel 9:9 . He...
Numbers 24:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 24:3-9 (3a-9) ‘And he took up his incantation (parable), and said,' Here he begins with what was clearly his normal way of going into deep trance and follows it with a series of contrast...
Numbers 24:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 24:1 . To seek for enchantments . See Notes on Numbers 23:3 ; Numbers 23:23 . He set his face toward the wilderness, i.e. , towards the plains of Moab, w...
Numbers 24:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Numbers 24:3 I. Balaam was a man whose eye was open in his day. He was a man of splendid natural genius. We puzzle over the definition of genius; but perhaps it is only the open eye, the power to...
Numbers 24:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 24:7 . He shall pour the water. This is a fine prediction of the increase of Jacob's seed, and of the temporal blessings which should fall to their lot. Agag, a perpetual name assumed by t...
Numbers 24:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

He set his face toward the wilderness. The face set toward the wilderness Evidently there is a change at this point in Balaam’s method. Hitherto he has played the soothsayer. At last he confess...
Numbers 24:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 24:1 As at other times, or, "as (he had done) time after time." Septuagint, κατὰ τὸ εἰωθός. To seek for enchantments. Rather, "for the meeting with aunties." לִקְמראת נְח...
Numbers 24:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Third Blessing
Numbers 24:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 23:18 ; Numbers 23:7 ; Numbers 22:31 ; Numbers 24:16 ; Numbers 24:4
Numbers 24:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whose eyes are open — Heb. Who had his eyes shut, but now open. The eyes of his mind, which God had opened in a peculiar and prophetical manner, whence prophets are called Seers, 1 Samuel 9:9 . It...

Numbers 24:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 24:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 24:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 24:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 24:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 24:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 24:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 24:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 24:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 24:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 24:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Numbers 24:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 24:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 24:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 24:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 24:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 24:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes