Numbers 23:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, “Balak has brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, denounce Israel!’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, Out of the mountains of the east, Saying, Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Balaam took up his [figurative] speech and said: Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me; and come, violently denounce Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

Common English Bible

⁷ Then he raised his voice and made his address: “From Aram Balak led me, the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains. Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And taking up his parable, he said: "Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. 'Come forth,' he said, 'and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn Israel.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: Make haste and detest Israel.

Numbers 23:7 Cross References

Genesis 10:22

The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 28:2

Go at once to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and take as wife from there one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

2 Samuel 21:21

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

2 Samuel 23:9

Next to him among the three warriors was Eleazar son of Dodo son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle. The Israelites withdrew,

Job 27:1

Job again took up his discourse and said:

Job 29:1

Job again took up his discourse and said:

Psalm 49:5

Why should I fear in times of trouble, when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me,

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Proverbs 26:2

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Ezekiel 17:2

O mortal, propound a riddle and speak an allegory to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”

Micah 2:4

On that day they shall take up a taunt song against you and wail with bitter lamentation and say, “We are utterly ruined; the Lord alters the inheritance of my people; how he removes it from me! Among our captors he parcels out our fields.”

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not everyone taunt such people and, with mocking riddles, say about them, “Alas for you who heap up what is not your own!” How long will you load yourselves with goods taken in pledge?

Numbers 22:11

‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt and has spread over the face of the earth; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.’ ”

Numbers 22:17

for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do; come, curse this people for me.”

Numbers 23:18

Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, “Rise, Balak, and hear; listen to me, O son of Zippor:

Numbers 23:6

So he returned to Balak, who was standing beside his burnt offerings with all the officials of Moab.

Numbers 24:15

So he uttered his oracle, saying, “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is clear,

Numbers 24:21

Then he looked on the Kenite and uttered his oracle, saying, “Enduring is your dwelling place, and your nest is set in the rock,

Numbers 24:23

Again he uttered his oracle, saying, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?

Numbers 24:3

and he uttered his oracle, saying, “The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is clear,

Matthew 13:33

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

Matthew 13:35

This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation.”

Mark 12:12

When they realized that he had told this parable against them, they wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowd. So they left him and went away.

Deuteronomy 23:4

because they did not meet you with food and water on your journey out of Egypt and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

1 Samuel 17:10

And the Philistine said, “Today I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man, that we may fight together.”

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant has killed both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”

1 Samuel 17:45

But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.