King James Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

1Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here."

2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

2Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

3Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you." So he went to a bare hill.

4And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

4Now God met Balaam, and he said to Him, "I have set up the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each altar."

5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

5Then the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus."

6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

6So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab.

7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

7He took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab's king from the mountains of the East, 'Come curse Jacob for me, And come, denounce Israel!'

8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

8"How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?

9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

9"As I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; Behold, a people who dwells apart, And will not be reckoned among the nations.

10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

10"Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my end be like his!"

11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

11Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have actually blessed them!"

12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

12He replied, "Must I not be careful to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?"

13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

13Then Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, although you will only see the extreme end of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there."

14And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

14So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

15And he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there."

16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

16Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."

17And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

17He came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the LORD spoken?"

18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

18Then he took up his discourse and said, "Arise, O Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!

19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

19"God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

20"Behold, I have received a command to bless; When He has blessed, then I cannot revoke it.

21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

21"He has not observed misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.

22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

22"God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

23"For there is no omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done!

24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

24"Behold, a people rises like a lioness, And as a lion it lifts itself; It will not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain."

25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

25Then Balak said to Balaam, "Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!"

26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

26But Balaam replied to Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'Whatever the LORD speaks, that I must do '?"

27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

27Then Balak said to Balaam, "Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there."

28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.

29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

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

30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

30Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

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