Numbers 22:38 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³⁸ And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.

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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.”

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?"

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?

Numbers 22:38 Cross References

1 Kings 22:14

9 And he added and said: Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left:

1 Kings 22:16

1 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said: I will deceive him. And the Lord said to him: By what means?

2 Chronicles 18:13

8 Then he said: Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left.

Psalm 33:10

7 Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall he be saved by the abundance of his strength.

Psalm 76:10

I thought upon the days of old: and I had in my mind the eternal years.

Proverbs 19:21

8 An unjust witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

Isaiah 44:25

I am the Lord, and there is none else: there is no God, besides me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me:

Isaiah 46:10

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms.

Isaiah 47:12

I foretold thee of old, before they came to pass I told thee, lest thou shouldst say: My idols have done these things, and my graven and molten things have commanded them.

Numbers 22:18

3 The ass seeing the angel standing in the way, with a drawn sword, turned herself out of the way, and went into the field. And when Balaam beat her, and had a mind to bring her again to the way,

Numbers 22:37

And Balaam said to Balac: Build me here seven altars, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.

Numbers 22:39

And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

Numbers 22:8

3 And he rose in the morning and said to the princes: Go into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you.

Numbers 23:16

1 There is no idol in Jacob, neither is there an image god to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the sound of the victory of the king in him.

Numbers 23:26

And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel. he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert,

Numbers 24:13

8 And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully