Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! to bless, have I received command , - And I will bless, nor will I take it back.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Holman Bible
since He has blessed,
International Standard Version
Look! I've received a blessing, and so I will bless. I won't withdraw it.
A Conservative Version
Behold, I have received to bless. And he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
American Standard Version
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Amplified
“Behold, I have received His command to bless [Israel].
He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Bible in Basic English
See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.
Darby Translation
Behold, I have received mission to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I was taken to praise: and he praised and I shall not turn it back.
King James 2000
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he has blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Behold, I have received [a command] to bless; when he has blessed, I cannot cause it to return.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I have received word to bless. And He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold: I have begun to bless, and have blessed; and cannot go back therefrom.
NET Bible
Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
Webster
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
World English Bible
Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I can not reverse it.
Interlinear
Laqach
Barak
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 23:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Balaam Prophesies Again
19 GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor a son of Adam, that he should repent, - Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast? 20 Lo! to bless, have I received command , - And I will bless, nor will I take it back. 21 He hath not discovered trouble in Jacob, Neither hath he seen wretchedness in Israel, - Yahweh, his God, is with him, And, the acclaim of a king, in his midst:
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 22:17
That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea, - that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes:
Numbers 22:12
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them, - Thou shalt not curse the people, For blessed, he is.
Genesis 12:2
That I may make thee into a great nation, And bless thee and make great thy name, And become thou a blessing;
Numbers 22:18
And Balaam responded and said unto the servants of Balak, Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
Isaiah 43:13
Even from To-day, I, am He, And none, out of my hand, can deliver, - I work and who reverseth?
John 10:27-29
My sheep, unto my voice, hearken, - and, I, know, them, and they follow me, -
Romans 8:38-39
For I am persuaded that - neither death nor life, nor messengers nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
1 Peter 1:5
who, in God's power, are being guarded through faith unto salvation - ready to be revealed in the last ripe time:
Numbers 22:38
And Balaam said unto Balak - Lo! I am come unto thee, Now, can, I, possibly, promise any-thing? The word that God shall put in my mouth, that, must I speak.