Numbers 23:5
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.In other versions
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
ASV
And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
BBE
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
DBY
Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
WEB
and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
YLT
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus you shall speak.
ENG
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
WBT
Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
BSB
In context
3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
4And 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.
5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7And 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.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Balaam
- Balak