Numbers 23:5 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The LORD told Balaam, "Go back to Balak, and give him my message."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

ASV:

And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

BBE:

And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.

DBY:

And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

ERV:

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

JPS:

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.'

WBS:

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

WEB:

Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."

YLT:

and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

Numbers 23:5 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 22:20 God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise up and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you shall you do."

Deuteronomy 18:18 'I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

23:5 And the LORD {c} put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
(c) Taught him what to say.

MHC:

23:1-10 With the camps of Israel full in view, Balaam ordered seven altars to be built, and a bullock and a ram to be offered on each. Oh the sottishness of superstition, to imagine that God will be at man's beck! The curse is turned into a blessing, by the overruling power of God, in love to Israel. God designed to serve his own glory by Balaam, and therefore met him. If God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, who would have defied God and Israel, surely he will not be wanting to those who desire to glorify God, and to edify his people; it shall be given what they should speak. He who opened the mouth of the ass, caused the mouth of this wicked man to speak words as contrary to the desire of his heart, as those of the ass were to the powers of the brute. The miracle was as great in the one case as in the other. Balaam pronounces Israel safe. He owns he could do no more than God suffered him to do. He pronounces them happy in their distinction from the rest of the nations. Happy in their numbers, which made them both honourable and formidable. Happy in their last end. Death is the end of all men; even the righteous must die, and it is good for us to think of this with regard to ourselves, as Balaam does here, speaking of his own death. He pronounces the righteous truly blessed, not only while they live, but when they die; which makes their death even more desirable than life itself. But there are many who desire to die the death of the righteous, but do not endeavour to live the life of the righteous; gladly would they have an end like theirs, but not a way like theirs. They would be saints in heaven, but not saints on earth. This saying of Balaam's is only a wish, not a prayer; it is a vain wish, being only a wish for the end, without any care for the means. Many seek to quiet their consciences with the promise of future amendment, or take up with some false hope, while they neglect the only way of salvation, by which a sinner can be righteous before God.

CONC:

Balaam Balaam's Balak Message Mouth Putteth Return Speak Thus Turn

Balaam Balaam's Balak Message Mouth Putteth Speak Turn Word Words

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