Numbers 23:8
Numbers chapter 23 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
KJV
King James Version · 1611How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
Context
v.7And 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.
v.8This passage
v.9For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 44:25
that frustrateth the signs of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
- Numbers 22:12
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.
- Numbers 23:23
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
- Numbers 23:20
Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
- Isaiah 47:12
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.