Verse Comparison: Numbers 23:8
American Standard Version
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
Amplified® Bible
How can I curse those God has not cursed? Or how can I [violently] denounce those the Lord has not denounced?
Contemporary English Version
But I can't go against God! He did not curse or condemn Israel. *
Darby English Version
How shall I curse whom ùGod hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?
Good News Bible
How can I curse what God has not cursed, Or speak of doom when the LORD has not?
King James Version
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
New American Standard Bible
"How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?
New International Version
How can I curse
those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce
those whom the LORD has not denounced?
New King James Version
“How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?
Revised Standard Version
How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?
Young's Literal Translation
What -- do I pierce? -- God hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant!
