Numbers 23:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹² And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And Balaam answered, Must I not be obedient and speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

Common English Bible

¹² He answered and said, “Don’t I have to take care to speak whatever the LORD gives me to say?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² He answered him, "How can I say anything other than what the Lord orders?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² He answered him: Call I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth?

Numbers 23:12 Cross References

Exodus 4:15

And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

Proverbs 26:25

when he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Numbers 22:20

And God came unto Ba´laam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

Numbers 22:38

And Ba´laam 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.

Numbers 23:13

And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

Numbers 23:20

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

Numbers 23:26

But Ba´laam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?

Numbers 23:3

And Ba´laam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a high place.

Numbers 24:13

If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?

Romans 16:18

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

Titus 1:16

They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.