Catholic Public Domain Version
"And taking up his parable once more he said: “Alas! Who will be able to survive, when God will do these things? "
— Numbers 24:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!”
“And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this? ”
“He took up his parable, and said, "Alas, who shall live when God does this?”
“Then he uttered this oracle:“O, who will survive when God does this!”
“And taking up his parable, again he said: Alas, who shall live when God shall do these things?”
“Then he went on with his story and said, But who may keep his life when God does this?”
“And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!”
And when he saw Amalek, taking up his parable, he said: “Amalek, first among the Gentiles, whose very end shall be perdition.”
Likewise, he saw the Kainites, and taking up his parable, he said: “Robust, indeed, is your habitation. But though you will set your nest in a rock,
and you will be elect among the stock of Kain, how long will you be able to remain? For Assur shall take you captive.”
And taking up his parable once more he said: “Alas! Who will be able to survive, when God will do these things?
They shall arrive in Greek warships from Italy. They shall overcome the Assyrians, and they shall devastate the Hebrews, and yet, at the very end, even they themselves shall perish.”
And Balaam rose up, and he returned to his place. Likewise, Balak went back, along the way by which he had arrived.