Numbers 22:37 - Easy To Read Version

³⁷ When Balak saw Balaam, he said to him, “I asked you before to come. I told you it was very, very important. Why didn’t you come to me? I might not be able to pay you now.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ Balak said to Balaam, Did I not [earnestly] send to you to ask you [to come] to me? Why did you not come? Am not I able to promote you to honor?

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor?

Common English Bible

³⁷ Balak said to Balaam, “Didn’t I send urgently and summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to honor you?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ And he said to Balaam: "I sent messengers to call you. Why did you not come to me immediately? Was it because I am not able to pay the cost for your arrival?"

Numbers 22:37 Cross References

Psalm 75:6

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Numbers 22:36

Balak heard that Balaam was coming. So Balak went out to meet him at the Moabite town [287] near the Arnon River. This was at the northern border of his country.

Numbers 22:38

Balaam answered, “But I am here now. I came, but I might not be able to do the thing you asked. I can only say the words that the Lord God tells me to say.”

Numbers 24:11

Now leave and go home! I told you that I would give you a very good payment. But the Lord has caused you to lose your reward.”

Luke 4:6

The devil said to Jesus, “I will make you king over all these places. You will have power over them and will get all the glory. It has all been given to me. I can give it to any person I want.

John 5:44

You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?