Numbers 23:12
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
In context
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”
12 But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
13 Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
14 So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Numbers 23:12 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
- KJV King James Version
- And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
- WEB World English Bible
- He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD puts in my mouth?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he answereth and saith, 'That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth — it do I not take heed to speak?'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?