Devine Scripture

Numbers 23:7

Numbers chapter 23 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

Context

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

v.7This passage

v.8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

Cross references

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

  • Numbers 24:23

    And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

  • Numbers 23:18

    And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

  • 1 Samuel 17:10

    And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

  • Habakkuk 2:6

    Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!

  • Numbers 24:15

    And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

  • Deuteronomy 23:4

    because 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.