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Links to all Books and Chapters Today's Date: 4/4/2025 ======= Numbers 23:1 ============ Num 23:1 Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here."(nasb) Num 23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.(kjv) Num 23:1 Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:2 ============ Num 23:2 Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.(nasb) Num 23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.(kjv) Num 23:2 And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:3 ============ Num 23:3 Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you." So he went to a bare hill.(nasb) Num 23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.(kjv) Num 23:3 Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you." So he went to a desolate height.(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:4 ============ Num 23:4 Now God met Balaam, and he said to Him, "I have set up the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each altar."(nasb) Num 23:4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.(kjv) Num 23:4 And God met Balaam, and he said to Him, "I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:5 ============ Num 23:5 Then the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus."(nasb) Num 23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.(kjv) Num 23:5 Then the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:6 ============ Num 23:6 So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab.(nasb) Num 23:6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.(kjv) Num 23:6 So he returned to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:7 ============ Num 23:7 He took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab's king from the mountains of the East,' Come curse Jacob for me, And come, denounce Israel!' (nasb) Num 23:7 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.(kjv) Num 23:7 And he took up his oracle and said: "Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, From the mountains of the east. 'Come, curse Jacob for me, And come, denounce Israel!'(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:8 ============ Num 23:8 "How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?(nasb) Num 23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?(kjv) Num 23:8 "How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:9 ============ Num 23:9 "As I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; Behold, a people who dwells apart, And will not be reckoned among the nations.(nasb) Num 23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.(kjv) Num 23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him; There! A people dwelling alone, Not reckoning itself among the nations.(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:10 ============ Num 23:10 "Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my end be like his!"(nasb) Num 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!(kjv) Num 23:10 "Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my end be like his!"(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:11 ============ Num 23:11 Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have actually blessed them!"(nasb) Num 23:11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.(kjv) Num 23:11 Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have blessed them bountifully!"(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:12 ============ Num 23:12 He replied, "Must I not be careful to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?"(nasb) Num 23:12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?(kjv) Num 23:12 So he answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?"(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:13 ============ Num 23:13 Then Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, although you will only see the extreme end of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there."(nasb) Num 23:13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.(kjv) Num 23:13 Then Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from which you may see them; you shall see only the outer part of them, and shall not see them all; curse them for me from there."(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:14 ============ Num 23:14 So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.(nasb) Num 23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.(kjv) Num 23:14 So he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:15 ============ Num 23:15 And he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the Lord over there."(nasb) Num 23:15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.(kjv) Num 23:15 And he said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet the Lord over there."(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:16 ============ Num 23:16 Then the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."(nasb) Num 23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.(kjv) Num 23:16 Then the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak."(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:17 ============ Num 23:17 He came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the Lord spoken?"(nasb) Num 23:17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?(kjv) Num 23:17 So he came to him, and there he was, standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the Lord spoken?"(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:18 ============ Num 23:18 Then he took up his discourse and said, "Arise, O Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!(nasb) Num 23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:(kjv) Num 23:18 Then he took up his oracle and said: "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, son of Zippor!(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:19 ============ Num 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?(nasb) Num 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?(kjv) Num 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:20 ============ Num 23:20 "Behold, I have received a command to bless; When He has blessed, then I cannot revoke it.(nasb) Num 23:20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.(kjv) Num 23:20 Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:21 ============ Num 23:21 "He has not observed misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The Lord his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.(nasb) Num 23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.(kjv) Num 23:21 "He has not observed iniquity in Jacob, Nor has He seen wickedness in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, And the shout of a King is among them(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:22 ============ Num 23:22 "God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.(nasb) Num 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.(kjv) Num 23:22 God brings them out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox.(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:23 ============ Num 23:23 "For there is no omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done!(nasb) Num 23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!(kjv) Num 23:23 "For there is no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of Jacob And of Israel, 'Oh, what God has done!'(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:24 ============ Num 23:24 "Behold, a people rises like a lioness, And as a lion it lifts itself; It will not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain."(nasb) Num 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.(kjv) Num 23:24 Look, a people rises like a lioness, And lifts itself up like a lion; It shall not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain."(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:25 ============ Num 23:25 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!"(nasb) Num 23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.(kjv) Num 23:25 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all!"(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:26 ============ Num 23:26 But Balaam replied to Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'Whatever the Lord speaks, that I must do'?"(nasb) Num 23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?(kjv) Num 23:26 So Balaam answered and said to Balak, "Did I not tell you, saying, 'All that the Lord speaks, that I must do'?"(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:27 ============ Num 23:27 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there."(nasb) Num 23:27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.(kjv) Num 23:27 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there."(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:28 ============ Num 23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.(nasb) Num 23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.(kjv) Num 23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks the wasteland.(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:29 ============ Num 23:29 Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here."(nasb) Num 23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.(kjv) Num 23:29 Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."(nkjv) ======= Numbers 23:30 ============ Num 23:30 Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar. (nasb) Num 23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.(kjv) Num 23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on every altar.(nkjv) ======= Numbers 24:1 ============ Num 24:1 When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times to seek omens but he set his face toward the wilderness.(nasb) Num 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.(kjv) Num 24:1 Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times, to seek to use sorcery, but he set his face toward the wilderness.(nkjv) |
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