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Numbers 23:5

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

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.4And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

v.5This passage

v.6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 59:21

    And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.

  • Deuteronomy 18:18

    I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

  • Numbers 23:16

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

  • John 11:51

    Now this he said not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;

  • Isaiah 51:16

    And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

  • Luke 12:12

    for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.