Numbers 23:5,8,11 - Compare All Versions

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The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”

How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?

Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!”

And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?

And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.”

The LORD gave Balaam a message for King Balak. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”

But how can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom the LORD has not condemned?

Then King Balak demanded of Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies. Instead, you have blessed them!”

Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”

How can I curse someone God has not cursed? How can I denounce someone the  LORD has not denounced?

“What have you done to me? ” Balak asked Balaam. “I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have only blessed them! ”

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

Then the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

“How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them bountifully!”

Then GOD gave Balaam a message: “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

He went back and found him stationed beside his Whole-Burnt-Offering and with him all the nobles of Moab. Then Balaam spoke his message-oracle: Balak led me here from Aram, the king of Moab all the way from the eastern mountains. “Go, curse Jacob for me; go, damn Israel.” How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I damn whom GOD has not damned? From rock pinnacles I see them, from hilltops I survey them: Look! a people camping off by themselves, thinking themselves outsiders among nations. But who could ever count the dust of Jacob or take a census of cloud-of-dust Israel? I want to die like these right-living people! I want an end just like theirs!

Balak said to Balaam, “What’s this? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and all you’ve done is bless them.”

Then the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and this is what you shall speak.”

“How am I to put a curse on him upon whom God has not put a curse? And how am I to curse him whom the LORD has not cursed?

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to put a curse on my enemies, but behold, you have actually blessed them!”

Then the LORD put a speech in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus.”

“How shall I curse those whom God has not cursed? Or how can I [violently] denounce those the LORD has not denounced?

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but here you have [thoroughly] blessed them instead!”

Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”

How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the LORD has not denounced?

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but on the contrary you have only blessed them!”