Numbers 24:21
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He saw also the Cinite: and took up his parable, and said: Thy habitation indeed is strong: but though thou build thy nest in a rock,

the Kenite.

Genesis 10:11 Out of that land came forth Assur, and built Ninive, and the streets of the city, and Chale.

Ezra 4:2 And they came to Zorobabel, and the chief of the fathers, and said to them: Let us build with you, for we seek your God as ye do: behold we have sacrificed to him, since the days of Asor Haddan king of Assyria, who brought us hither.

Psalm 83:8 Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot.

Hosea 14:3 Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods: for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee.

Context
Balaam's Final Three Oracles
20And when he saw Amalec, he took up his parable, and said: Amalec the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall be destroyed. 21He saw also the Cinite: and took up his parable, and said: Thy habitation indeed is strong: but though thou build thy nest in a rock,22And thou be chosen of the stock of Cin, how long shalt thou be able to continue? For Assur shall take thee captive.…
Cross References
Genesis 15:19
The Cineans, and Cenezites, the Cedmonites,

1 Samuel 15:6
And Saul said to the Cinite: Go, depart, and get ye down from Amalec: lest I destroy thee with him. For thou hast shewn kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. And the Cinite departed from the midst of Amalec.

Lexicon
Next he saw
וַיַּרְא֙ (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

the Kenites
הַקֵּינִ֔י (haq·qê·nî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7017: Kenite -- members of the tribe of Kenites

and lifted up
וַיִּשָּׂ֥א (way·yiś·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

an oracle,
מְשָׁל֖וֹ (mə·šā·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

saying:
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Your dwelling place
מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ (mō·wō·šā·ḇe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4186: A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers

is secure,
אֵיתָן֙ (’ê·ṯān)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 386: Perennial, ever-flowing, permanence

and your nest
קִנֶּֽךָ׃ (qin·ne·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7064: A nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling

is set
וְשִׂ֥ים (wə·śîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

in a cliff.
בַּסֶּ֖לַע (bas·se·la‘)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5553: A craggy rock


Additional Translations
Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock.

And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, thy dwelling-place is strong; yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock,

And he saw the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Firm is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest fixed in the rock;

And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, "Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock.

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