Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.” New Living Translation Then Balaam said to the king, “Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the LORD.” English Standard Version Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD over there.” Berean Standard Bible Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.” King James Bible And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. New King James Version And he said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.” New American Standard Bible Then he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there.” NASB 1995 And he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there.” NASB 1977 And he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I myself meet the LORD yonder.” Legacy Standard Bible And he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet Yahweh over there.” Amplified Bible Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I go to meet the LORD over there.” Christian Standard Bible Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the LORD over there.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the LORD over there.” American Standard Version And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Balaam said to Balaq: “Arise here with your burnt offerings and I shall come as far as here.” Brenton Septuagint Translation And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God. Contemporary English Version "Wait here beside your offerings," Balaam said. "The LORD will appear to me over there." Douay-Rheims Bible He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him. English Revised Version And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet with God over there." Good News Translation Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, and I will meet God over there." International Standard Version Then he told Balak, "Stand by your offering while I go alone to meet the LORD." JPS Tanakh 1917 And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.' Literal Standard Version And he says to Balak, “Station yourself here by your burnt-offering, and I meet [Him] there”; Majority Standard Bible Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.” New American Bible Balaam then said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I seek a meeting over there.” NET Bible And Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD there. New Revised Standard Version Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offerings, while I meet the LORD over there.” New Heart English Bible He said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet over there." Webster's Bible Translation And he said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. World English Bible He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet God over there.” Young's Literal Translation And he saith unto Balak, 'Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet Him there;' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Balaam's Second Oracle…14So 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. 15Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.” 16And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”… Cross References Numbers 23:14 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 23:16 And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, "Return to Balak and speak what I tell you." Treasury of Scripture And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. Numbers 23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. Numbers 22:8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. Jump to Previous Balaam Burned Burnt Burnt-Offering Meet Meeting Offering Stand Station Thyself YonderJump to Next Balaam Burned Burnt Burnt-Offering Meet Meeting Offering Stand Station Thyself YonderNumbers 23 1. Balak's sacrificesVerse 15. - While I meet the Lord yonder. Rather, "and I will go and meet thus." וְאָנֹכִי אִקָּרֶה כֹּה. Balaam does not say whom or what he is going to meet, but from the use of the same term in chapter 24. I it is evident that he employed the language of soothsayers looking for auguries. He may have spoken vaguely on purpose, because he was in truth acting a part with Balak. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Balaam saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Balak, בָּלָ֔ק (bā·lāq) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1111: Balak -- 'devastator', a Moabite king “Stay הִתְיַצֵּ֥ב (hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ) Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand here כֹּ֖ה (kōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now beside עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against your burnt offering עֹלָתֶ֑ךָ (‘ō·lā·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering while I וְאָנֹכִ֖י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I meet [the LORD] אִקָּ֥רֶה (’iq·qā·reh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7136: To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers over there.” כֹּֽה׃ (kōh) Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now Links Numbers 23:15 NIVNumbers 23:15 NLT Numbers 23:15 ESV Numbers 23:15 NASB Numbers 23:15 KJV Numbers 23:15 BibleApps.com Numbers 23:15 Biblia Paralela Numbers 23:15 Chinese Bible Numbers 23:15 French Bible Numbers 23:15 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 23:15 He said to Balak Stand here (Nu Num.) |