Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive."
New American Standard Bible
But the donkey saw me and turned aside from me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, I would surely have killed you just now, and let her live.”
King James Version
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
Holman Bible
The donkey saw Me and turned away from Me these three times. If she had not turned away from Me, I would have killed you by now and let her live.”
International Standard Version
The donkey saw me and turned in front of me in the space of those three footsteps.
A Conservative Version
And the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. Unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I would have even slain thee, and saved her alive.
American Standard Version
and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.
Amplified
The donkey saw Me and turned away from Me these three times. If she had not turned away from Me, I would have certainly killed you now, and let her live.”
Bible in Basic English
And the ass saw me, turning to one side from me three times: if she had not gone to one side, I would certainly have put you to death and kept her safe.
Darby Translation
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times; had she not turned from me, I had now certainly slain thee, and saved her alive.
Julia Smith Translation
And the ass will see me, and will turn before me this three beats: unless she turned from before me for now also I had slain thee, and preserved her alive.
King James 2000
And the donkey saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I would have slain you, and saved her alive.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The donkey saw me and turned aside from me these three times. If she had not turned aside from my face, then I would have killed you and kept her alive."
Modern King James verseion
And the ass saw Me and turned from Me these three times. Unless she had turned from Me, surely now I also would have killed you and saved her alive.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and the ass saw me and avoided me three times: or else, had she not turned from me, I had surely slain thee and saved her alive."
New Heart English Bible
and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. Unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive."
The Emphasized Bible
And the ass hath seen me, and hath turned aside at ray presence these three times: Unless she had turned aside from my presence, yea now even thee, had I slain, but, her, had I suffered to live.
Webster
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
World English Bible
and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. Unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive."
Youngs Literal Translation
and the ass seeth me, and turneth aside at my presence these three times; unless she had turned aside from my presence, surely now also, thee I had slain, and her kept alive.'
Themes
Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Used for riding
balaam » Anger of, rebuked by his ass
balaam » The mercenary prophet, life summarized, » Saved from destruction by his beast
Repentance » Instances of » Balaam, of his spiritual blindness
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Natah
Paniym
פּנים
Paniym
before, face, presence, because, sight, countenance, from, person, upon, of, ...me, against, ...him, open, for, toward,
Usage: 2119
Shalowsh
Regel
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 22:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Balaam And The Angel
32 The angel of the Lord said to him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me. 33 The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive." 34 Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, "I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood against me in the road. So now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back home."
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 14:37
those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
Numbers 16:33-35
They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.
1 Kings 13:24-28
As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it.