Numbers 22:29 - The Scriptures 1998

And Bilʽ

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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

And Laḇ

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous regards the life of his beast, But the compassion of the wrong is cruelty.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool’s wrath is known at once, But a clever one covers shame.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one event to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and then – to the dead!

Numbers 22:30

And the donkey said to Bilʽ

Matthew 15:19

“For out of the heart come forth wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, whorings, thefts, false witnessings, slanders.