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| Numbers 23:1 | And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. | And Balaam said to Balak, Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep. | Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams. |
| Numbers 23:2 | And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] 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. | Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram. |
| Numbers 23:3 | And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill. | 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. | Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you. He went to a bare height. |
| Numbers 23:4 | And God met Balaam; and [Balaam] said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon [each] 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. | God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar. |
| Numbers 23:5 | And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. | And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say. | Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak. |
| Numbers 23:6 | And he returned to him, and behold, he was 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. | He returned to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt- offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. |
| Numbers 23:7 | And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce 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. | He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, Come, defy Israel. |
| Numbers 23:8 | How shall I curse whom ùGod hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce? | 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? | How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy, whom Yahweh has not defied? |
| 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 shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations. | 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. | For from the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills I see him: behold, it is a people that dwells alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations. |
| Numbers 23:10 | Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my 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! | Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, Let my last end be like his! |
| Numbers 23:11 | And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. | 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. | Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether. |
| Numbers 23:12 | And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth? | And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth? | He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth? |
| Numbers 23:13 | And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou wilt see them; thou shalt see only the extremity of them and shalt not see them all, and curse me them from 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. | Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place, from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there. |
| Numbers 23:14 | And he took him to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] 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. | He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar. |
| Numbers 23:15 | And [Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder. | Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord. | He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder. |
| Numbers 23:16 | And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou 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. | Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak. |
| Numbers 23:17 | And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has 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? | He came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, What has Yahweh spoken? |
| Numbers 23:18 | Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken 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: | He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor: |
| Numbers 23:19 | ùGod is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good? | 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? | God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? |
| Numbers 23:20 | Behold, I have received [mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. | See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away. | Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: He has blessed, and I can't reverse it. |
| Numbers 23:21 | He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst. | 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. | He has not saw iniquity in Jacob; Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel: Yahweh his God is with him, The shout of a king is among them. |
| Numbers 23:22 | ùGod brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo. | It is God who has taken them out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox. | God brings them forth out of Egypt; He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. |
| Numbers 23:23 | For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath ùGod 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! | Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done! |
| Numbers 23:24 | Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain. | 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. | Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion does he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, Drink the blood of the slain. |
| Numbers 23:25 | And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them 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. | Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. |
| Numbers 23:26 | And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do? | But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says? | But Balaam answered Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do? |
| Numbers 23:27 | And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them 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. | Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there. |
| Numbers 23:28 | And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste. | So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land. | Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert. |
| Numbers 23:29 | And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here 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. | Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams. |
| Numbers 23:30 | And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar. | And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar. | Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar. |
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