Numbers 23:20 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't change it.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

ASV:

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

BBE:

See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.

DBY:

Behold, I have received mission to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

ERV:

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

JPS:

Behold, I am bidden to bless; and when He hath blessed, I cannot call it back.

WBS:

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

WEB:

Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

YLT:

Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I can not reverse it.

Numbers 23:20 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 12:2 And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing;

Genesis 22:17 indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

Numbers 22:12 God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed."

Isaiah 43:13 "Even from eternity I am He, And there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

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:

Behold Bidden Bless Blessed Blesseth Blessing Can'not Can't Change Command Commandment Mission Orders Power Received Reverse Revoke Yea

Bidden Bless Blessed Blesseth Blessing Change Command Commandment Mission Orders Power Received Reverse Revoke

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