⁹ and he saith unto his people, `Lo, the people of the sons of Israel `is' more numerous and mighty than we;

²⁴ And He maketh His people very fruitful, And maketh it mightier than its adversaries.

²⁵ He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.

¹⁴ and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

¹⁵ this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,

¹⁶ for where zeal and rivalry `are', there is insurrection and every evil matter;

⁴ and Moab saith unto the elders of Midian, `Now doth the assembly lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the green thing of the field.' And Balak son of Zippor `is' king of Moab at that time,

⁵ and he sendeth messengers unto Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor, which `is' by the River of the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, `Lo, a people hath come out of Egypt; lo, it hath covered the eye of the land, and it is abiding over-against me;

²⁸ In the multitude of a people `is' the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.

⁴ Fury `is' fierce, and anger `is' overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

⁴ And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

³ for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

⁵ Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'

² For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,