Numbers 22:37

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Balak saith unto Balaam, `Did I not diligently sent unto thee to call for thee? why didst thou not come unto me? am I not truly able to honour thee?'

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 24:11 : 11 and now, flee for thyself unto thy place; I have said, I do greatly honour thee, and lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honour.'
  • Ps 75:6 : 6 For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- `is' elevation.
  • Matt 4:8-9 : 8 Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them, 9 and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'
  • Luke 4:6 : 6 and the Devil said to him, `To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it;
  • John 5:44 : 44 how are ye able -- ye -- to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that `is' from God alone ye seek not?
  • Num 22:16-17 : 16 and they come in unto Balaam, and say to him, `Thus said Balak son of Zippor, Be not, I pray thee, withheld from coming unto me, 17 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.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 22:38-41
    4 verses
    83%

    38And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Lo, I have come unto thee; now -- am I at all able to speak anything? the word which God setteth in my mouth -- it I do speak.'

    39And Balaam goeth with Balak, and they come to Kirjath-Huzoth,

    40and Balak sacrificeth oxen and sheep, and sendeth to Balaam, and to the princes who `are' with him;

    41and it cometh to pass in the morning, that Balak taketh Balaam, and causeth him to go up the high places of Baal, and he seeth from thence the extremity of the people.

  • Num 24:10-13
    4 verses
    83%

    10And the anger of Balak burneth against Balaam, and he striketh his hands; and Balak saith unto Balaam, `To pierce mine enemies I called thee, and lo, thou hast certainly blessed -- these three times;

    11and now, flee for thyself unto thy place; I have said, I do greatly honour thee, and lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honour.'

    12And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Did I not also unto thy messengers whom thou hast sent unto me, speak, saying,

    13If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah, to do good or evil of mine own heart -- that which Jehovah speaketh -- it I speak?

  • Num 23:25-28
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    82%

    25And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;'

    26and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh -- it I do?'

    27And 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.'

    28And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

  • Num 22:12-20
    9 verses
    82%

    12and God saith unto Balaam, `Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it `is' blessed.'

    13And Balaam riseth in the morning, and saith unto the princes of Balak, `Go unto your land, for Jehovah is refusing to suffer me to go with you;'

    14and the princes of Moab rise, and come in unto Balak, and say, `Balaam is refusing to come with us.'

    15And Balak addeth yet to send princes, more numerous and honoured than these,

    16and they come in unto Balaam, and say to him, `Thus said Balak son of Zippor, Be not, I pray thee, withheld from coming unto me,

    17for very greatly I honour thee, and all that thou sayest unto me I do; and come, I pray thee, pierce for me this people.'

    18And Balaam answereth and saith unto the servants of Balak, `If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah my God, to do a little or a great thing;

    19and, now, abide, I pray you, in this `place', you also, to-night; and I know what Jehovah is adding to speak with me.'

    20And God cometh in unto Balaam, by night, and saith to him, `If to call for thee the men have come, rise, go with them, and only the thing which I speak unto thee -- it thou dost do.'

  • Num 22:5-10
    6 verses
    81%

    5and he sendeth messengers unto Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor, which `is' by the River of the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, `Lo, a people hath come out of Egypt; lo, it hath covered the eye of the land, and it is abiding over-against me;

    6and now, come, I pray thee, curse for me this people, for it `is' mightier than I; it may be I prevail -- we smite it -- and I cast it out from the land; for I have known -- that which thou blessest is blessed, and that which thou cursest is cursed.'

    7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian go, and divinations in their hand, and they come in unto Balaam, and speak unto him the words of Balak,

    8and he saith unto them, `Lodge here to-night, and I have brought you back word, as Jehovah speaketh unto me;' and the princes of Moab abide with Balaam.

    9And God cometh in unto Balaam, and saith, `Who `are' these men with thee?'

    10And Balaam saith unto God, `Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me:

  • Num 23:15-18
    4 verses
    81%

    15And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet `Him' there;'

    16and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

    17And 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?'

    18And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

  • Num 22:34-36
    3 verses
    81%

    34And Balaam saith unto the messenger of Jehovah, `I have sinned, for I did not know that thou `art' standing to meet me in the way; and now, if evil in thine eyes -- I turn back by myself.'

    35And the messenger of Jehovah saith unto Balaam, `Go with the men; and only the word which I speak unto thee -- it thou dost speak;' and Balaam goeth with the princes of Balak.

    36And Balak heareth that Balaam hath come, and goeth out to meet him, unto a city of Moab, which `is' on the border of Arnon, which `is' in the extremity of the border;

  • Num 23:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1And 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.'

    2And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak -- Balaam also -- offereth a bullock and a ram on the altar,

    3and 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.

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    78%

    11And Balak saith unto Balaam, `What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee -- and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;'

    12and he answereth and saith, `That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth -- it do I not take heed to speak?'

    13And 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;'

  • Num 23:7
    77%

    7And 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.

  • Num 23:5
    76%

    5and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

  • Josh 24:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9`And Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, riseth and fighteth against Israel, and sendeth and calleth for Balaam son of Beor, to revile you,

    10and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly bless you, and I deliver you out of his hand.

  • Num 24:25
    73%

    25And Balaam riseth, and goeth, and turneth back to his place, and Balak also hath gone on his way.

  • Deut 23:4
    73%

    4because that they have not come before you with bread and with water in the way, in your coming out from Egypt, and because he hath hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, of Pethor of Aram-Naharaim, to revile thee;