Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And how can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
King James Version
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
Holman Bible
How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?
International Standard Version
But how can I curse those whom God hasn't cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD hasn't denounced?
A Conservative Version
How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom LORD has not defied?
American Standard Version
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
Amplified
“How shall I curse those whom God has not cursed?
Or how can I [violently] denounce those the Lord has not denounced?
Bible in Basic English
How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?
Darby Translation
How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?
Julia Smith Translation
How shall I curse, God cursing not? And how shall I be angry, God not being angry?
King James 2000
How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I denounce, whom the LORD has not denounced?
Lexham Expanded Bible
How can I curse [whom] God has not cursed, and how can I denounce [whom] Yahweh has not denounced?
Modern King James verseion
How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? Or how shall I defy whom Jehovah has not defied?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How shall I curse whom God curseth not? And how shall I defy whom the LORD defieth not?
NET Bible
How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?
New Heart English Bible
How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied?
The Emphasized Bible
How can I revile one whom GOD hath not reviled? Yea, how can I rage on one on whom Yahweh hath not raged.
Webster
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
World English Bible
How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
Youngs Literal Translation
What -- do I pierce? -- God hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant!
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 23:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Balaam's First Oracle
7
Balaam delivered this message: Balak brought me from Aram. The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains. Come and curse Jacob for me, he said. 'Come and condemn Israel.
8
And how can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
Names
Cross References
Numbers 22:12
God said to Balaam: Do not go with them! Do not curse these people. They are blessed!
Numbers 23:20
I have been instructed to bless. And when God blesses, I cannot call it back.
Numbers 23:23
For there is omen (spell) against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel. At the proper time it will be said to Jacob and Israel: What God has done!
Isaiah 44:25
I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.
Isaiah 47:12-13
Keep all your magic spells and charms. You have used them since you were young. Perhaps they will be of some help to you. Perhaps you can frighten your enemies.