When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border at the edge of his territory.
Numbers 22:37 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Balak asked Balaam, ‘Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you? ’ Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Balak said to Balaam, Did I not [earnestly] send to you to ask you [to come] to me? Why did you not come? Am not I able to promote you to honor? American Standard Version (1901) And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor? Common English Bible Balak said to Balaam, “Didn’t I send urgently and summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to honor you?” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to Balaam: "I sent messengers to call you. Why did you not come to me immediately? Was it because I am not able to pay the cost for your arrival?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to call thee. Why didst thou not come immediately to me? Was it because I am not able to reward thy coming? |
When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border at the edge of his territory.
Balaam said to him, ‘Look, I have come to you, but can I say anything I want? I must speak only the message God puts in my mouth.’
Now go to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but look, the Lord has denied you a reward.’
The devil said to him, ‘I will give you their splendour and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.
How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?