Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
New American Standard Bible
He took up his
“From
Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,
‘
And come, denounce Israel!’
King James Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Holman Bible
Balaam proclaimed his poem:
the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:
“Come, put a curse on Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel!”
International Standard Version
Then Balaam uttered this prophetic statement: "King Balak of Moab brought me from Aram, from the eastern mountains, and told me, "Come and curse Jacob for me. Come and curse Israel.'
A Conservative Version
And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
American Standard Version
And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
Amplified
Balaam took up his [first] discourse (oracle) and said:
from the mountains of the east, [saying,]
‘Come, curse [the descendants of] Jacob for me;
And come, [violently] denounce Israel.’
Bible in Basic English
And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.
Darby Translation
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!
Julia Smith Translation
And he will take up his parable, and say, From Aram, Balak, king of Moab, will transfer me from the mountains of the east; Come curse to me Jacob and come and be angry at Israel
King James 2000
And he took up his oracle, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse for me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he lifted up his oracle and said, "From Aram Balak lead me, from the mountains of the east the king of Moab, 'Go for me, curse Jacob, and go, denounce Israel.'
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he began his parable, and said, "Balak the king of Moab hath fetched me from Mesopotamia out of the mountains of the east saying, 'Come and curse me Jacob, come and defy me Israel.'
NET Bible
Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, "Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, 'Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.'
New Heart English Bible
He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
So he took up his parable and said, - From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel.
Webster
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
World English Bible
He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'From Aram he doth lead me -- Balak king of Moab; From mountains of the east: Come -- curse for me Jacob, And come -- be indignant with Israel.
Interlinear
Nasa'
Nachah
Yalak
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 23:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Balaam's First Oracle
6 And he returned to him. And lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he and all the leaders of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? Or how shall I defy whom Jehovah has not defied?
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 22:5-6
He sent messengers therefore to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, by the river of the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, Behold! A people come out from Egypt. Behold! They cover the face of the earth, and they are staying across from me.
Numbers 23:18
And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear. Listen to me, son of Zippor.
Numbers 24:3
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said;
Deuteronomy 23:4
because they did not meet you with bread and with water in the way when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
Numbers 24:15
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said;
Numbers 24:23
And he took up his parable and said, Alas, who shall live when God puts out!
Job 27:1
And Job continued the lifting up of His speech, and said,
Job 29:1
And Job continued the lifting up of his speech, and said,
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will speak dark sayings of old,
Micah 2:4
In that day one shall take up a parable against you and mourn a mourning of mournings, saying, We shall be completely laid waste. He has exchanged the share of my people. How He has removed it from me! To the apostate He has divided our fields.
Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
Genesis 28:2
Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. And take a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
Genesis 28:7
and Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and had gone to Padan-aram;
Numbers 22:11
Behold! A people has come out of Egypt which covers the face of the earth. Come now, curse them for me. Perhaps, I shall be able to overcome them and drive them out.
Numbers 22:17
For I will raise you up to very great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me. Please come then and curse this people for me.
Numbers 24:21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable and said, Strong is your dwelling-place, and you put your nest in a rock.
1 Samuel 17:10
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man, and we will fight together.
1 Samuel 17:25-26
And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And it shall be, the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant killed both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.
1 Samuel 17:45
And David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of Jehovah of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
2 Samuel 21:21
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah, the brother of David, killed him.
2 Samuel 23:9
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle; and the men of Israel had gone up;
Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not come.
Ezekiel 17:2
Son of man, put out a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 20:49
And I said, Ah Lord Jehovah! They say of me, Does he not speak parables?
Habakkuk 2:6
Shall not all these lift up a parable against him, and a mocking riddle to him, and say, Woe to him who increases what is not his! Until when, then, shall he load the pledges on himself?
Matthew 13:33
He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of Heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.
Matthew 13:35
so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world."
Mark 12:12
And they sought to seize him, but feared the crowd. For they knew that He spoke the parable against them. And leaving Him, they went away.