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| Numbers 23:1 | And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. | And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams.` | And Balaam said to Balak, Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep. |
| Numbers 23:2 | And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. | And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak Balaam also offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar, | And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep. |
| Numbers 23:3 | And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height. | and Balaam saith to Balak, `Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah doth come to meet me, and the thing which He sheweth me I have declared to thee;` and he goeth [to] a high place. | Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill. |
| Numbers 23:4 | And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. | And God cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, `The seven altars I have arranged, and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar;` | And God came to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, I have made ready seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar. |
| Numbers 23:5 | And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. | and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.` | And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say. |
| Numbers 23:6 | And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. | And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab. | So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab. |
| Numbers 23:7 | And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel. | And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `From Aram he doth lead me Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come curse for me Jacob, And come be indignant [with] Israel. | And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel. |
| Numbers 23:8 | How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied? | What do I pierce? God hath not pierced! And what am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant! | How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry? |
| Numbers 23:9 | For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations. | For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself. | From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations. |
| Numbers 23:10 | Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his! | Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!` | Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his! |
| Numbers 23:11 | 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. | And Balak saith unto Balaam, `What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;` | Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing. |
| Numbers 23:12 | And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth? | and he answereth and saith, `That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth it do I not take heed to speak?` | And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth? |
| Numbers 23:13 | And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. | And Balak saith unto him, `Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou dost see it, only its extremity thou dost see, and all of it thou dost not see, and pierce it for me thence;` | And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there. |
| Numbers 23:14 | And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. | and he taketh him [to] the field of Zophim, unto the top of Pisgah, and buildeth seven altars, and offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar. | So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar. |
| Numbers 23:15 | And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder. | And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I I meet [Him] there;` | Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord. |
| Numbers 23:16 | And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. | and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.` | And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say. |
| Numbers 23:17 | And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken? | And he cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him, and Balak saith to him: `What hath Jehovah spoken?` | So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said? |
| Numbers 23:18 | And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: | And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor! | And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor: |
| Numbers 23:19 | God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good? | God [is] not a man and lieth, And a son of man and repenteth! Hath He said and doth He not do [it]? And spoken -- and doth He not confirm it? | God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth? |
| Numbers 23:20 | Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. | Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can]not reverse it. | See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away. |
| Numbers 23:21 | He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them. | He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God [is] with him, And a shout of a king [is] in him. | He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them. |
| Numbers 23:22 | God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox. | God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him; | It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox. |
| Numbers 23:23 | Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! | For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought! | No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done! |
| Numbers 23:24 | Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain. | Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.` | See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death. |
| Numbers 23:25 | And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. | And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;` | Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing. |
| Numbers 23:26 | But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do? | and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh it I do?` | But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says? |
| Numbers 23:27 | And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. | And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God to pierce it for me from thence.` | Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there. |
| Numbers 23:28 | And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert. | And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness, | So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land. |
| Numbers 23:29 | And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. | and Balaam saith unto Balak, `Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in this [place] seven bullocks and seven rams;` | And Balaam said to Balak, Make me seven altars here and get seven oxen and seven male sheep ready for me. |
| Numbers 23:30 | And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. | and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar. | And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar. |
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