Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and God saith unto Balaam, 'Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it is 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.
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."
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 Lo, 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;' 12 and God saith unto Balaam, 'Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it is blessed.' 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;'
Cross References
Genesis 12:2
And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.
Genesis 22:16-18
and saith, 'By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one --
Numbers 22:19-20
and, now, abide, I pray you, in this place, you also, to-night; and I know what Jehovah is adding to speak with me.'
Numbers 23:3
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.
Numbers 23:13-15
And 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;'
Numbers 23:19-20
God 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?
Numbers 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!
Deuteronomy 23:5
and 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;
Deuteronomy 33:29
O thy happiness, O Israel! who is like thee? A people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And He who is the sword of thine excellency: And thine enemies are subdued for thee, And thou on their high places dost tread.'
Job 33:15-17
In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
Psalm 144:15
O the happiness of the people that is thus, O the happiness of the people whose God is Jehovah!
Psalm 146:5
O the happiness of him Who hath the God of Jacob for his help, His hope is on Jehovah his God,
Micah 6:5
O My people, remember, I pray you, What counsel did Balak king of Moab, What answer him did Balaam son of Beor, (From Shittim unto Gilgal,) In order to know the righteous acts of Jehovah.'
Matthew 27:19
And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, 'Nothing -- to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'
Romans 4:6-7
even as David also doth speak of the happiness of the man to whom God doth reckon righteousness apart from works:
Romans 11:29
for unrepented of are the gifts and the calling of God;
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,