Numbers 23:5
And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
KJV
Dominus autem posuit verbum in ore ejus, et ait : Revertere ad Balac, et hæc loqueris.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐνέβαλεν ὁ θεὸς ῥῆμα εἰς στόμα Βαλαὰμ καὶ εἶπεν Ἐπιστραφεὶς πρὸς Βαλὰκ οὕτως λαλήσεις.
LXX
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
ASV
וַ/יָּ֧שֶׂם יְהוָ֛ה דָּבָ֖ר בְּ/פִ֣י בִלְעָ֑ם וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר שׁ֥וּב אֶל בָּלָ֖ק וְ/כֹ֥ה תְדַבֵּֽר
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In this verse
In the original Hebrew
11 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×
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 18:18 — I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
- 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.
- Gen 31:55 — And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
- Isa 51:16 — And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
- Isa 59:21 — As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed,
- Jer 1:9 — Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy 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 23:16 — And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.