Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version There is no divination against Jacob, no evil omens against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’ New Living Translation No curse can touch Jacob; no magic has any power against Israel. For now it will be said of Jacob, ‘What wonders God has done for Israel!’ English Standard Version For there is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel; now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What has God wrought!’ Berean Standard Bible For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’ King James Bible Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! New King James Version “For there is no sorcery against Jacob, Nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of Jacob And of Israel, ‘Oh, what God has done!’ New American Standard Bible “For there is no magic curse against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done! NASB 1995 “For there is no omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done! NASB 1977 “For there is no omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done. Legacy Standard Bible For there is no omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done! Amplified Bible “For there is no enchantment or omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel. At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what has God done! Christian Standard Bible There is no magic curse against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said about Jacob and Israel, “What great things God has done! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible There is no magic curse against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,” What great things God has done!” American Standard Version Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because no divination is in Yaquuv neither an oracle in Israel, according to this time it will be said to Yaquuv and to Israel, ‘What God has done!.’ Brenton Septuagint Translation For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform. Contemporary English Version No magic charms can work against them--just look what God has done for his people. Douay-Rheims Bible There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought. English Revised Version Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! GOD'S WORD® Translation No spell can curse the descendants of Jacob. No magic can harm the people of Israel. Now it will be said of Jacob and Israel: 'See what God has done!' Good News Translation There is no magic charm, no witchcraft, That can be used against the nation of Israel. Now people will say about Israel, 'Look what God has done!' International Standard Version No Satanic plan against Jacob nor divination against Israel can ever prevail. When the time is right, it is to be asked about Jacob and Israel, 'What has God accomplished?' JPS Tanakh 1917 For there is no enchantment with Jacob, Neither is there any divination with Israel; Now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: 'What hath God wrought!' Literal Standard Version For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, | Nor divination against Israel; At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, | O what God has worked! Majority Standard Bible For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’ New American Bible No, there is no augury against Jacob, nor divination against Israel. Now it is said of Jacob, of Israel, “Look what God has done!” NET Bible For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'Look at what God has done!' New Revised Standard Version Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel; now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘See what God has done!’ New Heart English Bible Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, what has God done. Webster's Bible Translation Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! World English Bible Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’ Young's Literal Translation For no enchantment is against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Balaam's Second Oracle…22God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox. 23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’ 24Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”… Cross References Numbers 22:7 The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak. Numbers 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness. Joshua 13:22 The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword. Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver. Treasury of Scripture Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God worked! no enchantment Numbers 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 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. Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. against or in according Psalm 44:1-3 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old… Psalm 136:13-20 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: … Isaiah 63:9-12 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old… what hath Psalm 31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Psalm 64:9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. Psalm 126:2,3 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them… Jump to Previous Arts Divination Enchantment Evil Israel Jacob Omen Power Proper Secret Sorcery Surely Time What WroughtJump to Next Arts Divination Enchantment Evil Israel Jacob Omen Power Proper Secret Sorcery Surely Time What WroughtNumbers 23 1. Balak's sacrifices(23) Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob . . . --The verse may be rendered as follows: For there is no augury in Jacob, and there is no divina-Hon in Israel. At the (set) time it is told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath done (or, doth). The ordinary meaning of the words nahash (omen, or augury) and kesem (soothsaying, or divination), the use of the same preposition in Numbers 23:21 which is there rendered in, and more especially the second clause of the verse, seem to decide the meaning of the former clause to be as it is here given. The Israelites had no need of augury and divination, seeing that God revealed to them His acts. His counsel, and His will. "What is here affirmed of Israel," says Hengstenberg, "applies to the Church of all ages, and also to every individual believer. The Church of God knows from His own Word what God does, and what it has to do in consequence. The wisdom of this world resembles augury and divination. The Church of God, which is in possession of His word, has no need of it." (History of Balaam and his Prophecies, p. 441).Verse 23. - Enchantment, נָחַשׁ. Rather, "augury." Septuagint, οἰωνισμός. See on Leviticus 19:26, where the practice is forbidden to Israel. Against Jacob, or, "in Jacob," as the marginal reading, and this is favoured by the Septuagint and the Targums, and is equally true and striking. It was the proud peculiarity of Israel that he trusted not to any magic arts or superstitious rites, uncertain in themselves, and always leading to imposture, but to the direction and favour of the Almighty. Divination. קֶסֶם. Septuagint, μαντεία. The art of the soothsayer. According to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel. Rather, "in season," i.e., in God's good time, "it shall be said to Jacob and to Israel. What hath God wrought! or, "what God doeth." The meaning seems to be that augury and divination were useless and vain in the case of Israel, because God himself declared and would declare his mighty acts in behalf of his people, and that by no uncertain vaticination, but by open declaration. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction there is no לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no spell נַ֙חַשׁ֙ (na·ḥaš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5173: Divination, enchantment against Jacob בְּיַעֲקֹ֔ב (bə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc and no וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no divination קֶ֖סֶם (qe·sem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7081: A lot, divination, oracle against Israel. בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc It will now כָּעֵ֗ת (kā·‘êṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6256: Time, now, when be said יֵאָמֵ֤ר (yê·’ā·mêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say of Jacob לְיַעֲקֹב֙ (lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc and Israel, וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (ū·lə·yiś·rā·’êl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc ‘What מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what great things God אֵֽל׃ (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty has done!’ פָּ֖עַל (pā·‘al) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6466: To do, make, to practise Links Numbers 23:23 NIVNumbers 23:23 NLT Numbers 23:23 ESV Numbers 23:23 NASB Numbers 23:23 KJV Numbers 23:23 BibleApps.com Numbers 23:23 Biblia Paralela Numbers 23:23 Chinese Bible Numbers 23:23 French Bible Numbers 23:23 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 23:23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob (Nu Num.) |
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