◄ Numbers 23:25 ►
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Good News Translation
Then Balak said to Balaam, "You refuse to curse the people of Israel, but at least don't bless them!"

New Revised Standard Version
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.”

Contemporary English Version
Balak shouted, "If you're not going to curse Israel, then at least don't bless them."

New American Bible
“Neither lay a curse on them nor bless them,” said Balak to Balaam.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him.

Psalm 2:1-3 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things? . . .

Context
Balaam's Second Oracle
…24Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 25And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him.26And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?…
Cross References
Numbers 23:24
Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Numbers 23:26
And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?

Numbers 23:24
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