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
In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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.