Deuteronomy 23:5

Deuteronomy chapter 23 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

Context

v.4because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

v.5This passage

v.6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 26:2

    As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

  • Psalms 73:1

    Surely God is good to Israel, Evento such as are pure in heart.

  • Deuteronomy 33:3

    Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; Every oneshall receive of thy words.

  • Ezekiel 16:8

    Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.

  • Malachi 1:2

    I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

  • Numbers 23:16

    And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.