Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

but I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he richly blessed you. So I rescued you from his hand,

New American Standard Bible

But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.

King James Version

But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

Holman Bible

but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I delivered you from his hand.

International Standard Version

But I wasn't willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his control.

A Conservative Version

but I would not hearken to Balaam. Therefore he blessed you greatly. So I delivered you out of his hand.

American Standard Version

but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

Amplified

But I would not listen to Balaam. Therefore he had to bless you, so I saved you from Balak’s hand.

Bible in Basic English

But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.

Darby Translation

but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.

Julia Smith Translation

And I was not disposed to hear to Balaam and blessing, he will bless you; and I will deliver you from his hand.

King James 2000

But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

Modern King James verseion

But I would not listen to Balaam. And he still blessed you. And I delivered you out of his hand.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But I would not agree to hearken unto Balaam, and therefore he blessed you: And so I delivered you out of his hand.

NET Bible

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.

New Heart English Bible

but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

The Emphasized Bible

but I was not willing to hearken unto Balaam, - so, he kept on blessing, you, and I rescued you out of his hand.

Webster

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

World English Bible

but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But I would
H14
אבה 
'abah 
Usage: 54

בּלעם 
Bil`am 
Usage: 61

so I delivered
נצל 
Natsal 
Usage: 213

References

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Joshua Recounts Their History

9 Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam son of Beor to curse you, 10 but I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he richly blessed you. So I rescued you from his hand, 11 and you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the citizens of Jericho, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, fought against you, and I gave them into your hand.


Cross References

Numbers 22:11-12

'Look! A people went out from Egypt. Look! They cover {the surface of the land}. Now, go, curse them for me. Perhaps I will be able to attack them and drive them out."

Numbers 22:18-20

Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Even though Balak gives to me his house full of silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond {the command of Yahweh} my God to do a little or a lot.

Numbers 22:35

The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only the word that I will speak to you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

Numbers 23:3-12

And Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself at your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell to you." So he went [to] a barren height.

Numbers 23:15-26

Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself here at the burnt offering while I myself meet with [Yahweh] there."

Numbers 24:5-10

How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!

Deuteronomy 23:5

But Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

Isaiah 54:17

Every weapon formed against you shall not succeed, and you shall declare guilty every tongue [that] rises against you for judgment. This [is] the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh, and their {legal right} from me," {declares} Yahweh.

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