Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold: I have begun to bless, and have blessed; and cannot go back therefrom.
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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! to bless, have I received command , - And I will bless, nor will I take it back.
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 The Lord God is not a man, that he can lie; neither the son of a man, that he can repent! Should he say, and not do? Or should he speak, and not make it good? 20 Behold: I have begun to bless, and have blessed; and cannot go back therefrom. 21 He beheld no wickedness in Jacob, nor saw Idolatry in Israel: The LORD his God is with him, and the tromp of a king among them.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 22:17
that I will bless thee and multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea side. And thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies.
Numbers 22:12
And God said unto Balaam, "Thou shalt not go with them, neither curse the people: for they are blessed."
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing.
Numbers 22:18
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can go no further than the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Isaiah 43:13
And even he am I from the beginning, and there is none that can take anything out of my hand. And what I do, can no man change.
John 10:27-29
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Romans 8:38-39
Yea and I am sure that neither death, neither life, neither angels; nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come,
1 Peter 1:5
which are kept by the power of God through salvation, which salvation is prepared already to be showed in the last time,
Numbers 22:38
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Lo, I am come unto thee. But I can say nothing at all, save what God putteth in my mouth that must I speak."