Numbers 23:26 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 23:26

24 Look, a people rises ^alike a lioness,
And lifts itself up like a lion;
^bIt shall not lie down until it devours the prey,
And drinks the blood of the slain.”

25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all!”

26 So Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ^a‘All that the Lord speaks, that I must do’?”

Balaam’s Third Prophecy

27 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”

28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that ^aoverlooks the wasteland.

29 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”

Verse Comparison: Numbers 23:26

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American Standard Version
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

Amplified® Bible
But Balaam answered Balak, Did I not say to you, All the Lord speaks, that I must do?

Contemporary English Version
"I've already told you," Balaam answered. "I will say only what the LORD tells me."

Darby English Version
And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do?

Good News Bible
Balaam answered, "Didn't I tell you that I had to do everything that the LORD told me?"

King James Version
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

New American Standard Bible
But Balaam replied to Balak, "Did I not tell you, `Whatever the LORD speaks, that I must do'?"

New International Version
Balaam answered, "Did I not tell you I must do whatever the LORD says?"

New King James Version
So Balaam answered and said to Balak, "Did I not tell you, saying, "All that the LORD speaks, that I must do"?"

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But Balaam replied to Balak, "Did I not tell you, ' Whatever the LORD speaks, that I must do'?"

Revised Standard Version
But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'All that the LORD says, that I must do'?"

Young's Literal Translation
and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh -- it I do?'

New English Translation
But Balaam replied¹ to Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord speaks,² I must do’?”

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