Numbers 23:5
World English Bible (WEB)
The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
In context
3 Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” He went to a bare height.
4 God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”
5 The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
6 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
Numbers 23:5 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
- KJV King James Version
- And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.