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Numbers 23:16

Numbers chapter 23 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.

v.16This passage

v.17And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?

Cross references

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

  • Numbers 24:1

    And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  • Numbers 23:5

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

  • Numbers 22:35

    And the angel of Jehovah 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.