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Numbers 22:27

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.

KJV

Cumque vidisset asina stantem angelum, concidit sub pedibus sedentis : qui iratus, vehementius cædebat fuste latera ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἰδοῦσα ἡ ὄνος τὸν ἄγγελον τοῦ θεοῦ συνεκάθισεν ὑποκάτω Βαλαάμ· καὶ ἐθυμώθη Βαλαὰμ καὶ ἔτυπτεν τὴν ὄνον τῇ ῥάβδῳ.

LXX

And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.

ASV

וַ/תֵּ֤רֶא הָֽ/אָתוֹן֙ אֶת מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה וַ/תִּרְבַּ֖ץ תַּ֣חַת בִּלְעָ֑ם וַ/יִּֽחַר אַ֣ף בִּלְעָ֔ם וַ/יַּ֥ךְ אֶת הָ/אָת֖וֹן בַּ/מַּקֵּֽל

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Balaam

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲתֹנ֔וֹת
'tnvt
noun · 34×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בִּלְעָ֔ם
bl'm
proper_noun · 61×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 275×
וֹ
v
noun · 18×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּֽחַר
ychr
verb · 89×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
ml'k
noun · 212×
רֹבֵ֖ץ
rbts
verb · 30×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Prov 14:16 — A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.