Numbers 22:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ He said to them, “Stay here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, just as the Lord speaks to me”; so the officials of Moab stayed with Balaam.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And he said to them, Lodge here tonight and I will bring you word as the Lord may speak to me. And the princes of Moab abode with Balaam [that night].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Jehovah shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

Common English Bible

⁸ He said to them, “Spend the night here and I’ll bring back to you a word exactly as the LORD speaks to me.” So the officials of Moab stayed with Balaam.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ he responded, "Remain for this night, and I will answer with whatever the Lord will say to me." And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ He answered: Tarry here this night, and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him:

Numbers 22:8 Cross References

1 Kings 13:8

But the man of God said to the king, “If you give me half your kingdom, I will not go in with you, nor will I eat food or drink water in this place.

1 Kings 22:14

But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them, and they take root; they grow and bring forth fruit; you are near in their mouths yet far from their hearts.

Ezekiel 33:31

They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.

Numbers 12:6

And he said, “Hear my words: When there are prophets among you, I the Lord make myself known to them in visions; I speak to them in dreams.

Numbers 22:18

But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Although Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God, to do less or more.

Numbers 22:38

Balaam said to Balak, “I have come to you now, but do I have power to say just anything? The word God puts in my mouth, that is what I must say.”

Numbers 22:7

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand, and they came to Balaam and gave him Balak’s message.

Numbers 22:9

God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?”

Numbers 23:12

He answered, “Must I not take care to say what the Lord puts into my mouth?”

Numbers 23:3

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offerings while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height.

Numbers 24:13

‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will; what the Lord says, that is what I will say’?