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Numbers 22:32

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

KJV

Cui angelus : Cur, inquit, tertio verberas asinam tuam ? ego veni ut adversarer tibi, quia perversa est via tua, mihique contraria :

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ θεοῦ Διὰ τί ἐπάταξας τὴν ὄνον σου τοῦτο τρίτον; καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξῆλθον εἰς διαβολήν σου, ὅτι οὐκ ἀστεία ἡ ὁδός σου ἐναντίον μου.

LXX

And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me:

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָי/ו֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה עַל מָ֗ה הִכִּ֨יתָ֙ אֶת אֲתֹ֣נְ/ךָ֔ זֶ֖ה שָׁל֣וֹשׁ רְגָלִ֑ים הִנֵּ֤ה אָנֹכִי֙ יָצָ֣אתִי לְ/שָׂטָ֔ן כִּֽי יָרַ֥ט הַ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ לְ/נֶגְדִּֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲתֹנ֔וֹת
'tnvt
noun · 34×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
ו
v
noun · 247×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
ml'k
noun · 212×
נִי
ny
verb · 2×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שָּׂטָ֔ן
shtn
noun · 27×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 13:10 — And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
  • Gen 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
  • Num 22:22 — And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
  • Num 22:22 — And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
  • Prov 14:2 — He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
  • Prov 28:6 — Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
  • Prov 28:18 — Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
  • Prov 28:18 — Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.