Numbers 24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
KJV
Si dederit mihi Balac plenam domum suam argenti et auri, non potero præterire sermonem Domini Dei mei, ut vel boni quid vel mali proferam ex corde meo : sed quidquid Dominus dixerit, hoc loquar ?
Vulgate
Ἐάν μοι δῷ Βαλὰκ πλήρη τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ χρυσίου, οὐ δυνήσομαι παραβῆναι τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου, ποιῆσαι αὐτὸ πονηρὸν ἢ καλὸν παρ’ ἐμαυτοῦ· ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπῃ ὁ θεός, ταῦτα ἐρῶ.
LXX
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speak?
ASV
אִם יִתֶּן לִ֨/י בָלָ֜ק מְלֹ֣א בֵית/וֹ֮ כֶּ֣סֶף וְ/זָהָב֒ לֹ֣א אוּכַ֗ל לַ/עֲבֹר֙ אֶת פִּ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת טוֹבָ֛ה א֥וֹ רָעָ֖ה מִ/לִּבִּ֑/י אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֹת֥/וֹ אֲדַבֵּֽר
Hebrew
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20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
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Cross-references
- 1Kgs 13:8 — And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
- 1Kgs 22:14 — And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
- 1Kgs 22:23 — Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
- 2Chr 18:13 — And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
- Gen 31:24 — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- Num 16:28 — And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.
- 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 22:20 — 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.
- Num 23:12 — And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?