Numbers 23:13
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
KJV
Dixit ergo Balac : Veni mecum in alterum locum unde partem Israël videas, et totum videre non possis : inde maledicito ei.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Βαλάκ Δεῦρο ἔτι μετ’ ἐμοῦ εἰς τόπον ἄλλον, ἐξ ὧν οὐκ ὄψῃ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν, ἀλλ’ ἢ μέρος τι αὐτοῦ ὄψῃ, πάντας δὲ οὐ μὴ ἴδῃς· καὶ κατάρασαί μοι αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν.
LXX
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜י/ו בָּלָ֗ק לך לְכָ/ה נָּ֨א אִתִּ֜/י אֶל מָק֤וֹם אַחֵר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּרְאֶ֣/נּוּ מִ/שָּׁ֔ם אֶ֚פֶס קָצֵ֣/הוּ תִרְאֶ֔ה וְ/כֻלּ֖/וֹ לֹ֣א תִרְאֶ֑ה וְ/קָבְ/נוֹ לִ֖/י מִ/שָּֽׁם
Hebrew
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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
- Jas 3:9 — Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
- Num 22:12 — And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
- Num 22:41 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
- Num 23:27 — And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
- Ps 109:17 — As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.