Numbers 23:18 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Then Balaam delivered this message: "Stand up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor!(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

ASV:

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

BBE:

And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:

DBY:

Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!

ERV:

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

JPS:

And he took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor:

WBS:

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:

WEB:

He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

YLT:

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

Numbers 23:18 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 23:17 He came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the LORD spoken?"

Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

23:18 Rise up - This word implies the diligent attention required; rouse up thyself and carefully mind what I say.

MHC:

23:11-30 Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessing; and this blessing is both larger and stronger than the former. Men change their minds, and break their words; but God never changes his mind, and therefore never recalls his promise. And when in Scripture he is said to repent, it does not mean any change of his mind; but only a change of his way. There was sin in Jacob, and God saw it; but there was not such as might provoke him to give them up to ruin. If the Lord sees that we trust in his mercy, and accept of his salvation; that we indulge no secret lust, and continue not in rebellion, but endeavour to serve and glorify him; we may be sure that he looks upon us as accepted in Christ, that our sins are all pardoned. Oh the wonders of providence and grace, the wonders of redeeming love, of pardoning mercy, of the new-creating Spirit! Balak had no hope of ruining Israel, and Balaam showed that he had more reason to fear being ruined by them. Since Balaam cannot say what he would have him, Balak wished him to say nothing. But though there are many devices in man's heart, God's counsels shall stand. Yet they resolve to make another attempt, though they had no promise on which to build their hopes. Let us, who have a promise that the vision at the end shall speak and not lie, continue earnest in prayer, Lu 18:1.

CONC:

Arise Attention Balaam Balak Discourse Ear Hearken Listen O Oracle Parable Rise Simile Taketh Zippor

Arise Attention Balaam Balak Discourse Ear Hear Hearken Oracle Parable Rise Uttered Words Zippor

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