Numbers 23:26
Good News Translation
Balaam answered, "Didn't I tell you that I had to do everything that the LORD told me?"

New Revised Standard Version
But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘Whatever the LORD says, that is what I must do’?”

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

New American Bible
But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘Everything the LORD tells me I must do’?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Numbers 23:12,13 He answered him: Can I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth? . . .

Numbers 22:18,38 Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less. . . .

Numbers 24:12,13 Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me: . . .

1 Kings 22:14 But Micheas said to him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.

2 Chronicles 18:13 And Micheas answered him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever my God shall say to me, that will I speak.

Acts 4:19,20 But Peter and John answering, said to them: If it be just, in the sight of God, to hear you rather than God, judge ye. . . .

Acts 5:29 But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God rather than men.

Context
Balaam's Second Oracle
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?27And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence.…
Cross References
Numbers 22:18
Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less.

Numbers 23:25
And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him.

Numbers 23:27
And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence.

Numbers 23:25
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