Numbers 23:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ And Balaam took up his discourse, and said, “Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, O son of Zippor:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Balaam took up his [figurative] discourse and said: Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen [closely] to me, son of Zippor.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Then Balaam raised his voice and made his address: “Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me out, Zippor’s son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ But, taking up his parable, he said: "Stand, Balak, and pay attention. Listen, you son of Zippor.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ But he taking up his parable said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor.

Numbers 23:18 Cross References

Numbers 23:17

And he came to him, and lo, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”

Numbers 23:19

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?

Judges 3:20

And Ehud came to him, as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you.” And he arose from his seat.