Numbers 22:28
And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
KJV
Aperuitque Dominus os asinæ, et locuta est : Quid feci tibi ? cur percutis me ecce jam tertio ?
Vulgate
καὶ ἤνοιξεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ στόμα τῆς ὄνου, καὶ λέγει τῷ Βαλαάμ Τί ἐποίησά σοι ὅτι πέπαικάς με τοῦτο τρίτον;
LXX
And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
ASV
וַ/יִּפְתַּ֥ח יְהוָ֖ה אֶת פִּ֣י הָ/אָת֑וֹן וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר לְ/בִלְעָם֙ מֶה עָשִׂ֣יתִֽי לְ/ךָ֔ כִּ֣י הִכִּיתַ֔/נִי זֶ֖ה שָׁלֹ֥שׁ רְגָלִֽים
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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2Pet 2:16 · allusion"But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet."Numbers: Balaam's donkey spoke — Peter on false teachers
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 9:9 — For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
- 2Pet 2:15 — Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
- 2Pet 2:16 — But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
- Exod 4:11 — And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
- Luke 1:37 — For with God nothing shall be impossible.
- Prov 12:10 — A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.