Numbers 23:12
King James Version (KJV)
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
In context
10 Who 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!
11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Numbers 23:12 in every translation
- 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?”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what 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?