Numbers 24:13
Numbers 24:12-15 The Message (MSG)
Balaam said to Balak, “Didn’t I tell you up front when you sent your emissaries, ‘Even if Balak gave me his palace stuffed with silver and gold, I couldn’t do anything on my own, whether good or bad, that went against GOD’s command’? I’m leaving for home and my people, but I warn you of what this people will do to your people in the days to come.” Then he spoke his oracle-message
Numbers 24:13 King James Version (KJV)
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
Numbers 24:13 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
‘Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything contrary to the command of the LORD, either good or bad, of my own accord. What the LORD speaks, that I will speak’?
Numbers 24:13 New Century Version (NCV)
‘Balak could give me his palace filled with silver and gold, but I still cannot go against the LORD’s commands. I could not do anything, good or bad, on my own, but I must say what the LORD says.’
Numbers 24:13 American Standard Version (ASV)
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speak?
Numbers 24:13 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
“Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD – and I must say only what the LORD says”?
Numbers 24:13 New King James Version (NKJV)
‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the LORD, to do good or bad of my own will. What the LORD says, that I must speak’?
Numbers 24:13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
‘Even if Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own accord. What the LORD speaks, that I will speak?’