Numbers 23:16
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
KJV
Cui cum Dominus occurrisset, posuissetque verbum in ore ejus, ait : Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris ei.
Vulgate
καὶ συνήντησεν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Βαλαὰμ καὶ ἐνέβαλεν ῥῆμα εἰς τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν Ἀποστράφητι πρὸς Βαλάκ, καὶ τάδε λαλήσεις.
LXX
And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
ASV
וַ/יִּקָּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל בִּלְעָ֔ם וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם דָּבָ֖ר בְּ/פִ֑י/ו וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר שׁ֥וּב אֶל בָּלָ֖ק וְ/כֹ֥ה תְדַבֵּֽר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בִּלְעָ֔ם
bl'm
proper_noun · 61×
בָּלָק֙
blq
proper_noun · 43×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
י
y
noun · 496×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 23:5 — Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
- 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.
- Num 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.
- Num 23:4 — And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
- Num 23:5 — And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- Num 23:5 — And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.