Numbers 23:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ See, I received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ You see, I have received His command to bless Israel. He has blessed, and I cannot reverse or qualify it.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Common English Bible

²⁰ I received a blessing, and he blessed. I can’t take it back.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ I was led here to bless, and I have no strength to hinder the blessing.

Numbers 23:20 Cross References

Numbers 22:12

God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

Genesis 12:2

I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 22:17

I will indeed bless you, and I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of their enemies,

Isaiah 43:13

Indeed, since that day I am he; there is no one who can deliver from my hand; I work, and who can hinder it?

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.

1 Peter 1:5

who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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.”

Genesis 27:33

Then Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him?—yes, and blessed he shall be!”

Numbers 6:27

“So they shall put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”

1 Chronicles 17:27

therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord, have blessed and are blessed forever.”