Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.” New Living Translation And the LORD met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.” English Standard Version And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.” Berean Standard Bible And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.” King James Bible And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. New King James Version Then the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” New American Standard Bible Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and this is what you shall speak.” NASB 1995 Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” NASB 1977 Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” Legacy Standard Bible Then Yahweh met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” Amplified Bible Then the LORD met Balaam and put a speech in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak and you shall speak thus.” Christian Standard Bible The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then he said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.” Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then He said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.” American Standard Version And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And LORD JEHOVAH was revealed to Balaam and put the word in his mouth and said to him: “Go to Balaq and thus say to him.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. Contemporary English Version The LORD appeared to Balaam and gave him another message, then he told him to go and tell Balak. Douay-Rheims Bible And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him. English Revised Version And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD came to Balaam and told him, "Go back to Balak, and give him my message." Good News Translation The LORD met Balaam, told him what to say, and sent him back to Balak to give him his message. International Standard Version Then the LORD met with Balaam and gave a message to him. "Now go back to Balak and speak to him." JPS Tanakh 1917 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.' Literal Standard Version and YHWH comes to Balaam, and sets a word in his mouth, and says, “Return to Balak, and thus you speak.” Majority Standard Bible And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.” New American Bible Then the LORD met Balaam, and, having put an utterance in his mouth, said to him: Return to Balak, and speak accordingly. NET Bible Then the LORD met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you." New Revised Standard Version The LORD met Balaam, put a word into his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and this is what you shall say.” New Heart English Bible And God met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this." Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus. World English Bible Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.” Young's Literal Translation and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Balaam's Second Oracle…15Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.” 16And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.” 17So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.… Cross References Numbers 22:20 That night God came to Balaam and said, "Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you." Numbers 23:15 Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there." Numbers 23:17 So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. "What did the LORD say?" Balak asked. Treasury of Scripture And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus. Numbers 23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. Numbers 22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. Numbers 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. Jump to Previous Balaam Balak Message Met Mouth Speak Turn Word WordsJump to Next Balaam Balak Message Met Mouth Speak Turn Word WordsNumbers 23 1. Balak's sacrificesParallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And the LORDיְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel met וַיִּקָּ֤ר (way·yiq·qār) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7136: To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers with אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Balaam בִּלְעָ֔ם (bil·‘ām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1109: Balaam -- a prophet and put וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a message דָּבָ֖ר (dā·ḇār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause in his mouth, בְּפִ֑יו (bə·p̄îw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to saying, וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Return שׁ֥וּב (šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Balak בָּלָ֖ק (bā·lāq) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1111: Balak -- 'devastator', a Moabite king and speak תְדַבֵּֽר׃ (ṯə·ḏab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue what I tell you.” וְכֹ֥ה (wə·ḵōh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now Links Numbers 23:16 NIVNumbers 23:16 NLT Numbers 23:16 ESV Numbers 23:16 NASB Numbers 23:16 KJV Numbers 23:16 BibleApps.com Numbers 23:16 Biblia Paralela Numbers 23:16 Chinese Bible Numbers 23:16 French Bible Numbers 23:16 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 23:16 Yahweh met Balaam and put a word (Nu Num.) |
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