Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Living Translation But how can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom the LORD has not condemned? English Standard Version How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced? Berean Standard Bible How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced? King James Bible How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? New King James Version “How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced? New American Standard Bible “How am I to put a curse on him upon whom God has not put a curse? And how am I to curse him whom the LORD has not cursed? NASB 1995 “How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced? NASB 1977 “How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce, whom the LORD has not denounced? Legacy Standard Bible How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom Yahweh has not denounced? Amplified Bible “How shall I curse those whom God has not cursed? Or how can I [violently] denounce those the LORD has not denounced? Christian Standard Bible How can I curse someone God has not cursed? How can I denounce someone the LORD has not denounced? Holman Christian Standard Bible How can I curse someone God has not cursed? How can I denounce someone the LORD has not denounced? American Standard Version How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied? Aramaic Bible in Plain English How shall I curse him that has God not cursed, and how shall I destroy him whom LORD JEHOVAH has not destroyed? Brenton Septuagint Translation How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not? Contemporary English Version But I can't go against God! He did not curse or condemn Israel. * Douay-Rheims Bible How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not? English Revised Version How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? GOD'S WORD® Translation How can I curse those whom God hasn't cursed? How can I condemn those whom the LORD hasn't condemned? Good News Translation How can I curse what God has not cursed, Or speak of doom when the LORD has not? International Standard Version But how can I curse those whom God hasn't cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD hasn't denounced? JPS Tanakh 1917 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I execrate, whom the LORD hath not execrated? Literal Standard Version How do I pierce [when] God has not pierced? And how am I indignant [when] YHWH has not been indignant? Majority Standard Bible How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced? New American Bible How can I lay a curse on the one whom God has not cursed? How denounce the one whom the LORD has not denounced? NET Bible How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the LORD has not denounced? New Revised Standard Version How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced? New Heart English Bible How shall I curse whom the LORD has not cursed? How shall I defy whom God has not defied? Webster's Bible Translation How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? World English Bible How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied? Young's Literal Translation What -- do I pierce? -- God hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Balaam's First Oracle…7And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’ 8How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced? 9For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.… Cross References Numbers 22:6 So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed." Numbers 22:12 But God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed." Numbers 23:7 And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: "Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. 'Come,' he said, 'put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!' Proverbs 26:2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. Treasury of Scripture How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied? Numbers 23:20,23 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it… Isaiah 44:25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; Isaiah 47:12,13 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail… Jump to Previous Angry Cursed Curses Defied Defy Denounce Denounced Execrate Indignant Pierce PiercedJump to Next Angry Cursed Curses Defied Defy Denounce Denounced Execrate Indignant Pierce PiercedNumbers 23 1. Balak's sacrificesParallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Howמָ֣ה (māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what can I curse [what] קַבֹּ֖ה (qab·bōh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 6895: To scoop out, to malign, execrate God אֵ֑ל (’êl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty has not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no cursed? אֶקֹּ֔ב (’eq·qōḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 5344: To puncture How וּמָ֣ה (ū·māh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what can I denounce [what] אֶזְעֹ֔ם (’ez·‘ōm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 2194: To foam at the mouth, to be enraged the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no denounced? זָעַ֖ם (zā·‘am) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2194: To foam at the mouth, to be enraged Links Numbers 23:8 NIVNumbers 23:8 NLT Numbers 23:8 ESV Numbers 23:8 NASB Numbers 23:8 KJV Numbers 23:8 BibleApps.com Numbers 23:8 Biblia Paralela Numbers 23:8 Chinese Bible Numbers 23:8 French Bible Numbers 23:8 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 23:8 How shall I curse whom God has (Nu Num.) |