Numbers 22:19 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 22:19

17 for I will certainly ^ahonor you greatly, and I will do whatever you say to me. ^bTherefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”

18 Then Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, ^a“Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, ^bI could not go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.

19 Now therefore, please, you also ^astay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.”

20 ^aAnd God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise and go with them; but ^bonly the word which I speak to you—that you shall do.”

21 So Balaam rose in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

Balaam, the Donkey, and the Angel

22 Then God’s anger was aroused because he went, ^aand the Angel of the Lord took His stand in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

Verse Comparison: Numbers 22:19

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American Standard Version
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.

Amplified® Bible
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry here again tonight that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.

Contemporary English Version
You are welcome to spend the night here, just as the others did. I will find out if the LORD has something else to say about this."

Darby English Version
And now, I pray you, abide ye also here this night, and I shall know what Jehovah will say to me further.

Good News Bible
But please spend the night, as the others did, so that I may learn whether or not the LORD has something else to tell me."

King James Version
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.

New American Standard Bible
"Now please, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else the LORD will speak to me."

New International Version
Now stay here tonight as the others did, and I will find out what else the LORD will tell me."

New King James Version
Now therefore, please, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now please, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else the LORD will speak to me."

Revised Standard Version
Pray, now, tarry here this night also, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me."

Young's Literal Translation
and, now, abide, I pray you, in this `place', you also, to-night; and I know what Jehovah is adding to speak with me.'

New English Translation
Now therefore, please stay¹ the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might say to me.”²

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