Numbers 23:5
“And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.”
Numbers 23:5 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- DARBYDarby
- And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
- BPVBiblePics Version
- The Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak and speak this."
Context: Numbers 23
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.
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.
5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes 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.
About Numbers 23: Balaam's Oracles
Balaam's prophecies of the coming of a great leader, the Messiah.
Commentary
In Numbers 23, the Lord commands Balaam to bless the Israelites. Balaam is a non-Israelite prophet who is hired by Balak, the king of Moab, to curse the Israelites. However, God does not allow Balaam to do so, and instead commands him to bless the Israelites. Balaam obeys God and blesses the Israelites with a series of prophecies.