Numbers 22:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'For I will reward you very handsomely and will do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on these people for me.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    for I will promote{H3513} thee unto very{H3966} great{H3513} honor,{H3513} and whatsoever thou sayest{H559} unto me I will do:{H6213} come{H3212} therefore, I pray thee, curse{H6895} me this people.{H5971}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For I will promote{H3513} thee unto very{H3966} great{H3513}{(H8763)} honour{H3513}{(H8762)}, and I will do{H6213}{(H8799)} whatsoever thou sayest{H559}{(H8799)} unto me: come{H3212}{(H8798)} therefore, I pray thee, curse{H6895}{(H8798)} me this people{H5971}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    for I will greatly promote the vnto great honoure ad will doo whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me come therfore I praye the curse me this people.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for I wyll promote the vnto hye honoure, & wil do what so euer thou sayest vnto me. Come I praye the, curse me this people.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For I wil promote thee vnto great honour, and wil do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For I wyll greatly promote thee vnto great honour, and wyll do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come I pray thee, curse this people for my sake.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for very greatly I honour thee, and all that thou sayest unto me I do; and come, I pray thee, pierce for me this people.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For I will give you a place of very great honour, and whatever you say to me I will do; so come, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.'"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For I will honor you greatly, and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.’”

Referenced Verses

  • Num 24:11 : 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.
  • Deut 16:9 : 9 Seven weeks you shall number for yourself: begin to number the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain.
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
  • Esth 7:9 : 9 And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said before the king, Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him on it.
  • Matt 4:8-9 : 8 Again, the devil took him up into an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, 9 And said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me.
  • Matt 14:7 : 7 So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Num 22:6 : 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.
  • Num 22:37 : 37 And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?
  • Num 23:2-3 : 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. 3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me, I will tell you. And he went to a high place.
  • Num 23:29-30 : 29 And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 22:5-16
    12 verses
    86%

    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.

    8 And he said to them, Stay here this night, and I will bring word again to you, as the LORD shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

    9 And God came to Balaam, and said, Who are these men with you?

    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.

    14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.

    15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.

    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:

  • Num 23:25-27
    3 verses
    84%

    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 22:18-20
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

    19 Now therefore, I pray you, stay here this night also, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me.

    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.

  • Num 22:35-39
    5 verses
    82%

    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.

    36 And when Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab, which is on the border of Arnon, which is at the extreme boundary.

    37 And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?

    38 And Balaam said to Balak, Look, I have come to you: do I have any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.

    39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjathhuzoth.

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    81%

    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 23:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    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 24:10-14
    5 verses
    78%

    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?

    14 And now, behold, I go to my people: come therefore, and I will advise you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.

  • Num 23:15-18
    4 verses
    78%

    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?

    18 And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor:

  • Num 23:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me, I will tell you. And he went to a high place.

  • Josh 24:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    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 22:41
    76%

    41 And it happened on the next day, that Balak took Balaam and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that from there he might see the furthest part of the people.

  • Deut 23:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

    5 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.

  • Num 23:5
    74%

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