Numbers 22:29
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
KJV
Respondit Balaam : Quia commeruisti, et illusisti mihi : utinam haberem gladium, ut te percuterem !
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Βαλαὰμ τῇ ὄνῳ Ὅτι ἐμπέπαιχάς μοι· καὶ εἰ εἶχον μάχαιραν ἐν τῇ χειρί, ἤδη ἂν ἐξεκέντησά σε.
LXX
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר בִּלְעָם֙ לָֽ/אָת֔וֹן כִּ֥י הִתְעַלַּ֖לְתְּ בִּ֑/י ל֤וּ יֶשׁ חֶ֨רֶב֙ בְּ/יָדִ֔/י כִּ֥י עַתָּ֖ה הֲרַגְתִּֽי/ךְ
Hebrew
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Balaam
In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲתֹנ֔וֹת
'tnvt
noun · 34×
בִּלְעָ֔ם
bl'm
proper_noun · 61×
הִתְעַלְּלוּ
ht'llv
verb · 20×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ל֥וּ
lv
conjunction · 25×
ם
m
verb · 167×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
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Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 30:34 — And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
- Matt 15:19 — For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
- Prov 12:10 — A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
- Prov 12:16 — A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.