巴蘭又作歌，說：“哀哉，神決定這事，誰能得活呢？

巴兰又题起诗歌说：“哀哉！神行这事，谁能得活？

巴兰又唱起诗歌说：“哀哉！若上帝做这事，谁能存活呢？

巴兰又唱起诗歌说：“哀哉！若神做这事，谁能存活呢？

巴兰又以诗歌预言说：“唉！若非上帝许可，谁能存活呢？

巴兰又作歌，说：“哀哉，神决定这事，谁能得活呢？

巴蘭又題起詩歌說：哀哉！神行這事，誰能得活？

巴蘭又唱起詩歌說：「哀哉！若上帝做這事，誰能存活呢？

巴蘭又唱起詩歌說：「哀哉！若神做這事，誰能存活呢？

巴蘭又以詩歌預言說：「唉！若非上帝許可，誰能存活呢？

巴蘭又發表言論歌來、說：『哀啊，上帝立定這事，誰能活得了呢？

乃賡載歌曰、噫嘻乎、上帝行是、孰能得生、

載歌曰、噫嘻乎、上帝行是、孰能得生。

又作歌曰、哀哉、天主如此行、孰能得生、

Then he spoke his message:“ Alas! Who can live when God does this?

Then Balaam spoke the message he had received from God. He said,“ Who can live when God does this?

And he took up his discourse and said,“ Alas, who shall live when God does this?

Balaam concluded his messages by saying:“ Alas, who can survive unless God has willed it?

Once more he proclaimed his poem: Ah, who can live when God does this?

Then he took up his discourse and said,“ Oh, who can live unless God has ordained it?

Then he took up his oracle and said:“ Alas! Who shall live when God does this?

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

Once more he proclaimed his poem: Ah, who can live when God does this?

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

Then he uttered this oracle:“ O, who will survive when God does this!

He took up his parable, and said,“ Alas, who shall live when God does this?

在雅各中沒有觀兆的，在以色列中也沒有占卜；到了適當的時候，必有話對雅各和以色列說：‘神為他們行了何等的大事！’

可是，他來的日子，誰能當得起呢？他顯現的時候，誰能站立得住呢？因為他像煉金之人的火，又像漂布之人的鹼。

亞蘭王的軍長乃縵在他的主人面前是一個大人物，很得王的賞識，因為耶和華曾藉他把勝利賜給亞蘭。這個人是個勇猛的戰士，可惜他是個痲風病人。