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Numbers 23:20

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Numbers 23:20 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Behold, I have received `commandment' to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

    ASV

  • See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.

    BBE

  • Behold, I have received [mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

    DBY

  • Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

    WEB

  • Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I `can'not reverse it.

    YLT

  • Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he has blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

    ENG

  • Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

    WBT

  • I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.

    BSB

In context

18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

19God 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?

20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

21He 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.

22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

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