Numbers 22:32 - The Scriptures 1998

³² And the Messenger of יהוה  said to him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? See, I have come out to stand against you, because your way is reckless before Me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² And the Angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? See, I came out to stand against and resist you, for your behavior is willfully obstinate and contrary before Me.

American Standard Version (1901)

³² And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me:

Common English Bible

³² The LORD’s messenger said to him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I’ve come out here as an adversary, because you took the road recklessly in front of me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² And the Angel said to him: "Why did you beat your donkey three times? I have come to be an adversary to you, because your way is perverse and contrary to me.

Numbers 22:32 Cross References

Psalm 145:9

יהוה  is good to all, And He has compassion on all His works.

Psalm 147:9

Giving to the beast its food, To the young ravens that cry.

Psalm 36:6

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; Your right-rulings are a great deep; O יהוה, You save man and beast.

Proverbs 14:2

He who walks in his straightness fears יהוה, But he whose ways are crooked despises Him.

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, But יהוה  weighs the spirits.

Proverbs 28:18

He who walks blamelessly is saved, But the perverted of ways falls at once.

Proverbs 28:6

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one perverse in his ways, who is rich.

Jonah 4:11

“And should I not pardon Ninewĕ

Micah 6:5

“My people, remember, please, what Balaq sovereign of Mo’aḇ

Numbers 22:20

And Elohim came to Bilʽ

Numbers 22:22

But the displeasure of Elohim burned because he went, and the Messenger of יהוה  stationed Himself in the way as an adversary against him. And he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

Numbers 22:28

Then יהוה  opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Bilʽ

Numbers 22:33

“And the donkey saw Me and turned aside from Me these three times. If she had not turned aside from Me, I certainly would have killed you by now, and let her live.”

Numbers 22:35

And the Messenger of יהוה  said to Bilʽ

Acts 13:10

and said, “O son of the devil, filled with all deceit and all recklessness, you enemy of all righteousness, shall you not cease perverting the straight ways of יהוה ?

Deuteronomy 23:4

because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out of Mitsrayim, and because they hired against you Bilʽ

Deuteronomy 25:4

“Do not muzzle an ox while it is threshing.