Numbers 23:20
What does Numbers 23:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 23:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I <FI>can<Fi> not reverse it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to hinder.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Behold, I have received [mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Context
v.19God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?
v.20This passage
v.21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 8:38
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
- Genesis 22:17
that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
- John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
- Isaiah 43:13
Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
- Numbers 22:38
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
- Numbers 22:12
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.
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