Numbers 22:38 - Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ He answered him: "Behold, here I am. Am I able to speak anything other than what God will put into my mouth?"

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ And Balaam said to Balak, Indeed I have come to you, but do I now have any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Common English Bible

³⁸ Balaam said to Balak, “I’ve now come to you. But I’m only able to speak whatever word God gives me to say. That is what I will speak.”

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth?

English Standard Version 2016

³⁸ Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.”

Numbers 22:38 Cross References

1 Kings 22:14

But Micaiah said to him, "As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord will have said to me, this shall I speak."

1 Kings 22:16

But the king said to him, "I require you under oath, again and again, that you not say to me anything except what is true, in the name of the Lord."

2 Chronicles 18:13

And Micaiah responded to him, "As the Lord lives, whatever my God will say to me, the same shall I speak."

Psalm 33:10

Fear the Lord, all you his saints. For there is no destitution for those who fear him.

Psalm 76:10

And would God ever forget to be merciful? Or, would he, in his wrath, restrict his mercies?

Proverbs 19:21

There are many intentions in the heart of a man. But the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Isaiah 44:25

I make the signs of the diviners useless, and I turn the seers to madness. I turn the wise backwards, and make their knowledge into foolishness.

Isaiah 46:10

From the beginning, I announce the last things, and from the start, the things that have not yet been done, saying: My plan will stand firm, and my entire will shall be done.

Isaiah 47:12

Stand with your incantations, and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth, as if somehow it might benefit you, or as if it were able to make you stronger.

Numbers 22:18

Balaam responded: "Even if Balak were to give to me his own house, filled with silver and gold, I still would not be able to change the word of the Lord my God, neither to say more, nor to say less.

Numbers 22:37

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?"

Numbers 22:39

Therefore, they continued on together, and they arrived at a city, which was at the furthest borders of his kingdom.

Numbers 22:8

he responded, "Remain for this night, and I will answer with whatever the Lord will say to me." And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him,

Numbers 23:16

And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said, "Return to Balak, and you shall say this to him."

Numbers 23:26

And he said, "Have I not told you that whatever God would command of me, I would do?"

Numbers 24:13

Even if Balak would give me his house, filled with silver and gold, I still could not go away from the word of the Lord my God, so as to offer anything, either good or evil, from my own heart; but whatever the Lord will speak, this, too, I shall speak.