And the man of God said to the king, “If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place;
Numbers 24:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) ‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will; what the Lord speaks, that will I speak’? Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the command of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will, but what the Lord says, that will I speak? American Standard Version (1901) If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speak? Common English Bible ‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I wouldn’t be able to break the LORD’s command for good or ill by my own will. I’ll say whatever the LORD says’? Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter any thing of my own head either good or evil: but whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will speak? |
And the man of God said to the king, “If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place;
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”
And Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord.
But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only what I bid you, that shall you do.”
And he said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me”; so the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.