Numbers 24:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And 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;

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  • 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!
  • Num 23:3 : 3 and 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 23:15 : 15 And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet `Him' there;'
  • Num 23:20 : 20 Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I `can'not reverse it.
  • Num 22:13 : 13 And 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 23:28 : 28 And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
  • Num 31:16 : 16 lo, they -- they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah.
  • 1 Sam 24:20 : 20 `And, now, lo, I have known that thou dost certainly reign, and the kingdom of Israel hath stood in thy hand;
  • 1 Sam 26:2 : 2 And Saul riseth, and goeth down unto the wilderness of Ziph, and with him three thousand men, chosen ones of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
  • 1 Sam 26:25 : 25 And Saul saith unto David, `Blessed `art' thou, my son David, also working thou dost work, and also prevailing thou dost prevail.' And David goeth on his way, and Saul hath turned back to his place.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 `But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 24:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2and Balaam lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Israel tabernacling, by its tribes, and the Spirit of God is upon him,

    3and he taketh up his simile, and saith: `An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor -- And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut --

  • Num 22:12-14
    3 verses
    80%

    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.'

  • Num 23:25-28
    4 verses
    79%

    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 24:25
    78%

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

  • Num 23:1-5
    5 verses
    78%

    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.

    4And God cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, `The seven altars I have arranged, and I offer a bullock and a ram on the altar;'

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

  • Num 23:15-17
    3 verses
    78%

    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?'

  • Josh 24:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Deut 23:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    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;

  • Neh 13:2
    77%

    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 22:41
    77%

    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 23:11-13
    3 verses
    76%

    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 22:31
    76%

    31And Jehovah uncovereth the eyes of Balaam, and he seeeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and he boweth and doth obeisance, to his face;

  • Num 22:34-36
    3 verses
    76%

    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 23:7
    76%

    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 22:20-23
    4 verses
    75%

    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.'

    21And Balaam riseth in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and goeth with the princes of Moab,

    22and the anger of God burneth because he is going, and a messenger of Jehovah stationeth himself in the way for an adversary to him, and he is riding on his ass, and two of his servants `are' with him,

    23and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and the ass turneth aside out of the way, and goeth into a field, and Balaam smiteth the ass to turn it aside into the way.

  • Num 22:5
    75%

    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;

  • Num 24:10
    75%

    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;

  • Num 22:7
    75%

    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 22:39
    75%

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

  • Num 24:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    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 22:18
    75%

    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 22:2
    74%

    2And Balak son of Zippor seeth all that Israel hath done to the Amorite,

  • Num 24:15
    74%

    15And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor -- And an affirmation of the man whose eyes `are' shut --

  • Num 22:10
    73%

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