Numbers 23:8

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Numbers 23:8

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Berean Standard Bible

How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?

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KJV

King James Version

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?

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WEB

World English Bible

How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied?

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ASV

American Standard Version

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Numbers 23

⁶ So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.

⁷ And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’

⁸ How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?

⁹ For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

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