Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.
New American Standard Bible
God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them;
King James Version
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
Holman Bible
Then God said to Balaam, “You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
International Standard Version
But God told Balaam, "Don't go with them. Don't curse the people, because they're blessed."
A Conservative Version
And God said to Balaam, Thou shall not go with them. Thou shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.
Amplified
God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people [of Israel], for they are blessed.”
Bible in Basic English
And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.
Darby Translation
And God said to Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will say to Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for he is praised.
King James 2000
And God said unto Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
God said to Balaam, "You will not go with them; you will not curse the people, because they [are] blessed."
Modern King James verseion
And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God said unto Balaam, "Thou shalt not go with them, neither curse the people: for they are blessed."
NET Bible
But God said to Balaam, "You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed."
New Heart English Bible
God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed."
The Emphasized Bible
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them, - Thou shalt not curse the people, For blessed, he is.
Webster
And God said to Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
World English Bible
God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed."
Youngs Literal Translation
and God saith unto Balaam, 'Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it is blessed.'
Themes
balaam » General references to
balaam » The mercenary prophet, life summarized, » Self-willed
Interlinear
'elohiym
Yalak
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 22:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Balak Hires Balaam
11 Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2
and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing;
Genesis 22:16-18
and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
Numbers 22:19-20
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.
Numbers 23:3
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.
Numbers 23:13-15
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
Numbers 23:19-20
God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
Numbers 23:23
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Deuteronomy 23:5
Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.
Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Job 33:15-17
In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;
Psalm 144:15
Happy is the people that is in such a case; Yea , happy is the people whose God is Jehovah.
Psalm 146:5
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
Micah 6:5
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; remember from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
Matthew 27:19
And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Romans 4:6-7
Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,
Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: