Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.” New Living Translation And the LORD met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.” English Standard Version And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.” 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.” King James Bible And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. New King James Version Then the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” New American Standard Bible Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and this is what you shall speak.” NASB 1995 Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” NASB 1977 Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” Legacy Standard Bible Then Yahweh met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” Amplified Bible Then the LORD met Balaam and put a speech in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak and you shall speak thus.” Christian Standard Bible The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then he said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.” Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth. Then He said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.” American Standard Version And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. Contemporary English Version The LORD appeared to Balaam and gave him another message, then he told him to go and tell Balak. English Revised Version And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD came to Balaam and told him, "Go back to Balak, and give him my message." Good News Translation The LORD met Balaam, told him what to say, and sent him back to Balak to give him his message. International Standard Version Then the LORD met with Balaam and gave a message to him. "Now go back to Balak and speak to him." Majority 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.” NET Bible Then the LORD met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you." New Heart English Bible And God met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and say this." Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus. World English Bible Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand YHWH comes to Balaam, and sets a word in his mouth, and says, “Return to Balak, and thus you speak.” 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.' Smith's Literal Translation And Jehovah will meet Balaam, and he will put the word in his mouth, and say, Turn back to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him. Catholic Public Domain Version And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said, “Return to Balak, and you shall say this to him.” New American Bible Then the LORD met Balaam, and, having put an utterance in his mouth, said to him: Return to Balak, and speak accordingly. New Revised Standard Version The LORD met Balaam, put a word into his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and this is what you shall say.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the LORD appeared to Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said to him, Go again to Balak and say thus. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And LORD JEHOVAH was revealed to Balaam and put the word in his mouth and said to him: “Go to Balaq and thus say to him.” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Balaam's Second Oracle…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.” 17So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.… Cross References Deuteronomy 18:18-19 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. / And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name. 1 Samuel 3:21 And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word. Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. Ezekiel 3:27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house. Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets. 2 Peter 1:21 For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. John 12:49-50 I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. / And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.” Acts 3:22-23 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. / Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’ Hebrews 1:1-2 On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. / But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. Matthew 10:19-20 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say. / For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works. John 16:13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. 1 Corinthians 2:10-13 But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. / For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. / We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. ... Isaiah 51:16 I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’” Isaiah 59:21 “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD. Treasury of Scripture And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus. Numbers 23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. Numbers 22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. Numbers 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. Jump to Previous Balaam Balak Message Met Mouth Speak Turn Word WordsJump to Next Balaam Balak Message Met Mouth Speak Turn Word WordsNumbers 23 1. Balak's sacrificesAnd the LORD met with Balaam The phrase "the LORD" refers to Yahweh, the covenantal name of God, emphasizing His sovereignty and faithfulness. In Hebrew, "met" is derived from the root word "קָרָא" (qara), which means to encounter or call. This divine encounter underscores God's direct involvement in the affairs of men, even those like Balaam, who were not Israelites. Historically, Balaam was a non-Israelite prophet, and this meeting signifies God's authority over all nations and peoples, not just Israel. and put a message in his mouth saying, 'Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.' Hebrew And the LORDיְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel met וַיִּקָּ֤ר (way·yiq·qār) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7136: To light upon, to bring about, to impose timbers with אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Balaam בִּלְעָ֔ם (bil·‘ām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1109: Balaam -- a prophet and put וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a message דָּבָ֖ר (dā·ḇār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause in his mouth, בְּפִ֑יו (bə·p̄îw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to saying, וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Return שׁ֥וּב (šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Balak בָּלָ֖ק (bā·lāq) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1111: Balak -- 'devastator', a Moabite king and speak תְדַבֵּֽר׃ (ṯə·ḏab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue what I tell you.” וְכֹ֥ה (wə·ḵōh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, now Links Numbers 23:16 NIVNumbers 23:16 NLT Numbers 23:16 ESV Numbers 23:16 NASB Numbers 23:16 KJV Numbers 23:16 BibleApps.com Numbers 23:16 Biblia Paralela Numbers 23:16 Chinese Bible Numbers 23:16 French Bible Numbers 23:16 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 23:16 Yahweh met Balaam and put a word (Nu Num.) |
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