Numbers 22:33

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”

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31 Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.

32 The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.

33 The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”

34 “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”

35 But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

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Numbers 22:33 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”
KJV King James Version: And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
WEB World English Bible: The donkey saw me, and turned away before me these three times. Unless she had turned away from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.”
ASV American Standard Version: and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: and the ass seeth me, and turneth aside at my presence these three times; unless she had turned aside from my presence, surely now also, thee I had slain, and her kept alive.'
DBY Darby Translation: And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times; had she not turned from me, I had now certainly slain thee, and saved her alive.
WBS Webster Bible: And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.