Numbers 23:18
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
In context
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.
19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
20 I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
Numbers 23:18 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
- KJV King James Version
- And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- WEB World English Bible
- He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!
- DBY Darby Translation
- Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor: