Numbers 22:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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!”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have ridiculed and provoked me! I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you!

American Standard Version (1901)

And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.

Common English Bible

Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you’ve tormented me. If I had a sword in my hand, I’d kill you now.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Balaam responded, "Because you have deserved it, and you have mistreated me. If only I had a sword, so that I might pierce you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Balaam answered: Because thou hast deserved it, and hast served me ill. I would I had a sword that I might kill thee.

Numbers 22:29 Cross References

Genesis 30:34

Laban said, “Good! Let it be as you have said.”

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Proverbs 12:16

Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent ignore an insult.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that happens under the sun, that the same fate comes to everyone. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Numbers 22:30

But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I been in the habit of treating you this way?” And he said, “No.”

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.