Deuteronomy 23:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    This is because they did not meet you with bread and water on your way out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor of Aram Naharaim to curse you.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Nevertheless Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} would{H14} not hearken{H8085} unto Balaam;{H1109} but Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} turned{H2015} the curse{H7045} into a blessing{H1293} unto thee, because Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} loved{H157} thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Nevertheless the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} would{H14}{(H8804)} not hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto Balaam{H1109}; but the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} turned{H2015}{(H8799)} the curse{H7045} into a blessing{H1293} unto thee, because the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} loved{H157}{(H8804)} thee.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Neuerthelesse the Lorde thy God wolde not herken vnto Balaam, but turned the curse to a blessinge vnto the, because the Lorde thy God loued the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But ye LORDE yi God wolde not heare Balaam, and turned the curse to a blessynge vnto the: because the LORDE yi God loued the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Neuerthelesse, the Lorde thy God would not hearken vnto Balaam, but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee, because the Lord thy God loued thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Neuerthelesse, the Lorde thy God woulde not hearken vnto Balaam: but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee, because the Lord thy God loued thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and Jehovah thy God hath not been willing to hearken unto Balaam, and Jehovah thy God doth turn for thee the reviling to a blessing, because Jehovah thy God hath loved thee;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the LORD your God loves you.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people: 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
  • Num 23:5-9 : 5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak. 6 And he returned to him, and behold, he stood by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? Or how shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied? 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him and from the hills I behold him; behold, the people shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his! 11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them abundantly. 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak what the LORD has put in my mouth?
  • Num 24:9 : 9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion, and like a great lion; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.
  • Rom 11:28 : 28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.
  • Num 22:35 : 35 And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
  • Num 23:16-26 : 16 And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak and say thus. 17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has the LORD spoken? 18 And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor: 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? 20 Behold, I have received a commandment to bless, and he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. 21 He has not observed iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he has the strength of a wild ox. 23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel; at this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done! 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion and lift himself up like a young lion; he shall not lie down until he eats of the prey and drinks the blood of the slain. 25 And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell you, All that the LORD speaks, I must do?
  • Deut 33:3 : 3 Indeed, he loved the people; all his saints are in your hand: and they sit down at your feet; every one shall receive of your words.
  • Ps 73:1 : 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to those who are of a pure heart.
  • Prov 26:2 : 2 As the bird by wandering, and the swallow by flying, so a cause-less curse shall not come.
  • Jer 31:3 : 3 The LORD appeared to me long ago, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.
  • Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my garment over you, and covered your nakedness; yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
  • Mic 6:5 : 5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteousness of the LORD.
  • Mal 1:2 : 2 I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet you say, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD. Yet I loved Jacob,
  • Rom 9:13 : 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 23:4
    83%

    4 Because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way, when you came out of Egypt; and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

  • Josh 24:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

    10 But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

  • Num 22:10-13
    4 verses
    82%

    10 And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,

    11 Look, a people has come out of Egypt, which covers the face of the earth; come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

    12 And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed.

    13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Go back to your land: for the LORD refuses to let me go with you.

  • Neh 13:2
    81%

    2 because they did not meet the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  • Num 23:25-27
    3 verses
    80%

    25 And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

    26 But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell you, All that the LORD speaks, I must do?

    27 And Balak said to Balaam, Come, please, I will bring you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    79%

    11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them abundantly.

    12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak what the LORD has put in my mouth?

    13 And Balak said to him, Come, please, with me to another place from where you can see them; you shall see only the utmost part of them and shall not see them all, and curse them for me from there.

  • Num 24:1
    77%

    1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  • Num 23:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 And he took up his parable and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.

    8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? Or how shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied?

  • Num 22:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray you, hinder you from coming to me:

    17 For I will promote you to very great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me: come therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me.

    18 And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

  • Num 24:9-13
    5 verses
    75%

    9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion, and like a great lion; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.

    10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.

    11 Therefore now flee to your place: I thought to promote you to great honor; but, lo, the LORD has kept you back from honor.

    12 And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,

    13 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 my own mind; but what the LORD says, that will I speak?

  • Num 22:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5 He sent messengers therefore to Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Look, a people has come out of Egypt; see, they cover the face of the earth, and they dwell opposite me.

    6 Come now therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

    7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand, and they came to Balaam and spoke to him the words of Balak.

  • Num 23:5
    75%

    5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.

  • Deut 23:6
    75%

    6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

  • Num 23:15-17
    3 verses
    73%

    15 And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.

    16 And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak and say thus.

    17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has the LORD spoken?

  • Deut 30:7
    72%

    7 And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

  • Deut 28:45
    72%

    45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you did not listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you:

  • Deut 28:15
    72%

    15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:

  • Deut 11:26-29
    4 verses
    72%

    26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

    27 A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:

    28 And a curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.

    29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal.

  • Deut 28:8
    72%

    8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand unto; and He shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Num 22:20
    71%

    20 And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up, and go with them; but only the word which I shall say to you, that shall you do.

  • Deut 13:17
    71%

    17 And there shall cling nothing of the cursed thing to your hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion upon you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;

  • Num 22:35
    71%

    35 And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

  • Num 23:20
    70%

    20 Behold, I have received a commandment to bless, and he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

  • Deut 28:2
    70%

    2 And all these blessings shall come upon you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

  • Deut 7:13
    70%

    13 And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your grain, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cattle, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you.