Parallel Verses
King James 2000
And God said unto Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall 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.
American Standard Version
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt 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.
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, there is a people come out of Egypt, who cover the face of the earth: come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the leaders of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuses to give me permission to go with you.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
Genesis 22:16-18
And said, By myself have I sworn, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:
Numbers 22:19-20
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry you also here this night, that I may know what more the LORD will say unto me.
Numbers 23:3
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to a high place.
Numbers 23:13-15
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray you, with me unto another place, from which you may see them: you shall see but the outer part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse them for me from there.
Numbers 23:19-20
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: has he said, and shall he not do it? or has he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Numbers 23:23
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought!
Deuteronomy 23:5
Nevertheless the LORD your God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing unto you, because the LORD your God loved you.
Deuteronomy 33:29
Happy are you, O Israel: who is like unto you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your excellency! and your enemies shall submit unto you; and you shall tread upon their high places.
Job 33:15-17
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Psalm 144:15
Happy is that people, that is in such a state: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
Psalm 146:5
Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD 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, from Shittim unto Gilgal; that you may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Matthew 27:19
When he was sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Romans 4:6-7
Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputes righteousness without works,
Romans 11:29
For the gifts and calling of God are unchangeable.
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: