Numbers 22:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you that you should strike me these three times?

American Standard Version (1901)

And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

Common English Bible

Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you’ve beaten me these three times?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said: "What have I done to you? Why do strike you me, behold now, for the third time?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said: What have I done to thee? Why strikest thou me, lo, now this third time?

Numbers 22:28 Cross References

Exodus 4:11

Then the Lord said to him, “Who gives speech to mortals? Who makes them mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

Numbers 22:29

Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a fool of me! I wish I had a sword in my hand! I would kill you right now!”

Luke 1:37

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Romans 8:22

We know that the whole creation has been groaning together as it suffers together the pains of labor,

1 Corinthians 1:19

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

2 Peter 2:16

but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.