Numbers 23:11 - Easy To Read Version

¹¹ Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to speak against my enemies. But you have only blessed them!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, and here you have [thoroughly] blessed them instead!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemy. But now you’ve blessed him.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam: "What is this that you are doing? I called for you, in order to curse my enemies, and to the contrary, you bless them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And Balac said to Balaam: What is this that thou dost? I sent for thee to curse my enemies: and thou contrariwise blessest them.

Numbers 23:11 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:2

That law was written because those people didn’t give the people of Israel food and water. And those people had paid Balaam to say a curse {\cf2\super [79]} against the people of Israel. But our God changed that curse and made it a blessing for us.

Numbers 22:11

This is the message: A new nation of people has come out of Egypt. There are so many people that they cover the land. So, come and speak against these people. Then maybe I will be able to fight them and force them to leave my land.”

Numbers 22:17

I will pay you very much if you will do what I ask. [283] Come and speak against these people for me.”

Numbers 23:12

But Balaam answered, “I must say the things that the Lord tells me to say.”

Numbers 24:10

Balak became very angry at Balaam. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to come and speak against my enemies. But you have blessed them. You have blessed them three times.