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| Numbers 23:1 | Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams. | And Balaam said unto 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. |
| Numbers 23:2 | Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram. | And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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 | 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. | 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 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 | Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak. | And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt 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 | He returned to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt- offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. | And he returned unto him, and, lo, 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. |
| Numbers 23:7 | 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. | 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 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 has not cursed? How shall I defy, whom Yahweh has not defied? | How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied? | 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, From the hills I see him: behold, it is a people that dwells alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations. | 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. | 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, Let my last end be like his! | 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 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 | Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether. | 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 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 | He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth? | And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth? | And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth? |
| Numbers 23:13 | 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. | 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 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 | 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. | 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. | 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 | He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder. | And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder. | Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord. |
| Numbers 23:16 | Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak. | And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto 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. |
| Numbers 23:17 | 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? | 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? | 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 | He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor: | And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou 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: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? | 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, 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: He has blessed, and I can't reverse it. | Behold, I have received [commandment] 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. |
| Numbers 23:21 | 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. | 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 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 brings them forth out of Egypt; He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. | God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox. | 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 shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done! | 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! | 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 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. | 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. | 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 | Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. | And Balak said unto 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. |
| Numbers 23:26 | But Balaam answered Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do? | But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must 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 | 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. | 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. | 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 | Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert. | And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert. | So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land. |
| Numbers 23:29 | Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams. | And Balaam said unto 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. |
| Numbers 23:30 | Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar. | And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. | And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar. |
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