Numbers 23:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

What -- do I pierce? -- God hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant!

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 22:12 : 12 and God saith unto Balaam, `Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it `is' blessed.'
  • Num 23:20 : 20 Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I `can'not reverse it.
  • Num 23:23 : 23 For no enchantment `is' against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.
  • Isa 47:12-13 : 12 Stand, I pray thee, in thy charms, And in the multitude of thy sorceries, In which thou hast laboured from thy youth, It may be thou art able to profit, It may be thou dost terrify! 13 Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy counsels, Stand up, I pray thee, and save thee, Let the charmers of the heavens, Those looking on the stars, Those teaching concerning the months, From those things that come on thee!

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  • Num 23:7
    85%

    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 22:5-7
    3 verses
    82%

    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,

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    81%

    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 23:25-27
    3 verses
    81%

    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.'

  • Num 22:10-13
    4 verses
    80%

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

    11Lo, the people that is coming out from Egypt and covereth the eye of the land, -- now come, pierce it for me; it may be I am able to fight against it, and have cast it out;'

    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;'

  • Num 22:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

    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;

  • Num 23:16-20
    5 verses
    77%

    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!

    19God `is' not a man -- and lieth, And a son of man -- and repenteth! Hath He said -- and doth He not do `it'? And spoken -- and doth He not confirm it?

    20Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I `can'not reverse it.

  • Num 24:9-13
    5 verses
    76%

    9He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion, And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee `is' blessed, And he who is cursing thee `is' cursed.'

    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?

  • Deut 23:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    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;

    5and 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;

  • 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 23:9
    74%

    9For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself.

  • Neh 13:2
    74%

    2because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against them Balaam to revile them, and our God turneth the reviling into a blessing.

  • Num 22:37-38
    2 verses
    74%

    37and 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?'

    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.'

  • Job 31:30
    73%

    30Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

  • 2 Sam 16:10
    73%

    10And the king saith, `What -- to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah? for -- let him revile; even because Jehovah hath said to him, Revile David; and who saith, Wherefore hast Thou done so?'

  • Ps 109:28
    72%

    28They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

  • Lev 24:15
    72%

    15`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God -- then he hath borne his sin;

  • Ps 37:22
    72%

    22For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

  • Exod 22:28
    71%

    28`God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

  • Isa 37:23
    71%

    23Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up the voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes Against the Holy One of Israel.

  • Jer 48:10
    71%

    10Cursed `is' he who is doing the work of Jehovah slothfully, And cursed `is' he Who is withholding his sword from blood.

  • Num 24:1
    71%

    1And Balaam seeth that `it is' good in the eyes of Jehovah to bless Israel, and he hath not gone as time by time to meet enchantments, and he setteth towards the wilderness his face;

  • Judg 11:25
    71%

    25`And now, `art' thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with Israel? did he at all fight against them?

  • Num 23:5
    71%

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

  • Gen 12:3
    71%

    3And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'