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Numbers 22:38

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

KJV

Cui ille respondit : Ecce adsum : numquid loqui potero aliud, nisi quod Deus posuerit in ore meo ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Βαλαὰμ πρὸς Βαλάκ Ἰδοὺ ἥκω πρὸς σὲ νῦν· δυνατὸς ἔσομαι λαλῆσαί τι; τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐὰν βάλῃ ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸ στόμα μου, τοῦτο λαλήσω.

LXX

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר בִּלְעָ֜ם אֶל בָּלָ֗ק הִֽנֵּה בָ֨אתִי֙ אֵלֶ֔י/ךָ עַתָּ֕ה הֲ/יָכ֥וֹל אוּכַ֖ל דַּבֵּ֣ר מְא֑וּמָה הַ/דָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׂ֧ים אֱלֹהִ֛ים בְּ/פִ֖/י אֹת֥/וֹ אֲדַבֵּֽר

Hebrew

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In this verse

People BalaamBalak

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בִּלְעָ֔ם
bl'm
proper_noun · 61×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בָּלָק֙
blq
proper_noun · 43×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
י
y
noun · 496×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מְא֔וּמָה
m'vmh
noun · 32×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 22:14 — And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
  • Acts 4:20 — For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
  • Exod 4:15 — And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
  • Jer 1:7 — But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
  • Num 22:18 — And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
  • Num 22:18 — And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
  • Num 23:12 — And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
  • Num 23:16 — And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
  • Num 23:20 — Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
  • Num 23:26 — But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
  • Num 23:26 — But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
  • Prov 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.