Numbers 22:37
And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
KJV
Dixitque ad Balaam : Misi nuntios ut vocarent te : cur non statim venisti ad me ? an quia mercedem adventui tuo reddere nequeo ?
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Βαλὰκ πρὸς Βαλαάμ Οὐχὶ ἀπέστειλα πρὸς σὲ καλέσαι σε; διὰ τί οὐκ ἤρχου πρὸς μέ; οὐ δυνήσομαι ὄντως τιμῆσαί σε;
LXX
And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor?
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר בָּלָ֜ק אֶל בִּלְעָ֗ם הֲ/לֹא֩ שָׁלֹ֨חַ שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי אֵלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ לִ/קְרֹא לָ֔/ךְ לָ֥/מָּה לֹא הָלַ֖כְתָּ אֵלָ֑/י הַֽ/אֻמְנָ֔ם לֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל כַּבְּדֶֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- John 5:44 — How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
- Num 24:11 — Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
- Num 24:11 — Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.