Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up and go with them; but
King James Version
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
Holman Bible
God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
International Standard Version
God came to visit Balaam that same night and told him, "If the men come to call on you, get up and go with them, but be sure to do only what I tell you to do."
A Conservative Version
And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, go with them, but only the word which I speak to thee, that shall thou do.
American Standard Version
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.
Amplified
God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them, but you shall still do only what I tell you.”
Bible in Basic English
And that night God came to Balaam and said to him, If these men have come for you, go with them: but do only what I say to you.
Darby Translation
Then God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men have come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but only what I shall say unto thee shalt thou do.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will come to Balaam at night, and say to him, If the men have come to call to thee, rise up, go with them, and only the word which I shall speak to thee, thou shalt do it
King James 2000
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call you, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto you, that shall you do.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And God came to Balaam [at] night, and he said to him, "If the men have come to call you, get up [and] go with them; but only the word that I will speak to you, you will do."
Modern King James verseion
And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up, go with them. But still, the word which I shall say to you, that you shall do.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God came to Balaam by night and said unto him, "If the men come to fetch thee, rise up and go with them: but what I say unto thee, that only thou shalt do."
NET Bible
God came to Balaam that night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them; but the word that I will say to you, that you must do."
New Heart English Bible
God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do."
The Emphasized Bible
And God came in unto Balaam, by night, and said unto him - If, to call thee, the men have come in, arise go with them, - But only, the thing that I shall speak unto thee, that, shalt thou do.
Webster
And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call thee, rise and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say to thee, that shalt thou perform.
World English Bible
God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do."
Youngs Literal Translation
And 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.'
Interlinear
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Balaam Accompanies The Moabite Princes
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So you, too, please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me."
20 God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up and go with them; but
Names
Cross References
Numbers 23:12
And he answered and said, "Must I not take care to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"
Numbers 23:26
But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'All that the LORD says, that I must do'?"
Numbers 24:13
'If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own will. What the LORD speaks, that will I speak'?
Numbers 22:35
And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only the word that I tell you." So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.
Numbers 23:5
And the LORDput a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."
Numbers 23:16
And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak."
1 Samuel 8:5-9
and said to him, "Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations."
1 Samuel 12:12-19
And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,'when the LORD your God was your king.
Psalm 33:10-11
The LORDbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Psalm 78:30-31
But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,
Psalm 81:12
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
Isaiah 37:29
Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.'
Ezekiel 14:2-5
And the word of the LORD came to me:
Hosea 13:11
I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,