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Numbers 22:9

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

KJV

Quid sibi volunt homines isti apud te ?

Vulgate

καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ θεὸς παρὰ Βαλαὰμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τί οἱ ἄνθρωποι οὗτοι παρὰ σοί;

LXX

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל בִּלְעָ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר מִ֛י הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֥ים הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה עִמָּֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Balaam

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בִּלְעָ֔ם
bl'm
proper_noun · 61×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 20:3 — But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
  • Num 22:20 — And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.