Numbers 23:8
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?In other versions
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
ASV
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?
BBE
How shall I curse whom ùGod hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?
DBY
How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy, whom Yahweh has not defied?
WEB
What -- do I pierce? -- God hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant!
YLT
How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied?
ENG
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
WBT
How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
BSB
In context
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.
8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
9For 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.
10Who 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!