Numbers 23:16
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
In context
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.
15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”
16 And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
17 So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
18 Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
Numbers 23:16 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
- KJV King James Version
- And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
- WEB World English Bible
- The LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus.