Numbers 22:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “And now, please come at once, curse this people for me, for they are too strong for me. It might be that I smite them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Now come, I beg of you, curse this people for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Common English Bible

⁶ Now please come and curse this people for me because they are stronger than I am. Perhaps I’ll be able to destroy them and drive them from the land, for I know that whomever you bless is blessed and whomever you curse is cursed.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Therefore, come and curse this people, for they are stronger than I am. If only, in some way, I might be able to strike them and to drive them from my land. For I know that he whom you bless shall be blessed, and he whom you curse shall be cursed."

Numbers 22:6 Cross References

Genesis 12:3

“And I shall bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you. And in you all the clans of the earth shall be blessed.”

Genesis 27:29

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be master over your brothers, and let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those cursing you, and blessed be those blessing you!”

1 Kings 22:13

And the messenger who had gone to call Miḵ

1 Kings 22:6

And the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 22:8

And the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

Nehemiah 13:2

because they had not met the children of Yisra’ĕ

Psalm 109:28

Let them curse, but You bless. They shall arise, but be ashamed, And let Your servant rejoice.

Proverbs 26:2

As a bird wanders, as a swallow flies about, So a curse without cause does not come.

Ezekiel 13:6

“Their visions are false and their divinations a lie, saying, ‘Thus declares יהוה,’ when יהוה  has not sent them, yet they expected the word to be confirmed!

Micah 6:5

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

Numbers 22:12

And Elohim said to Bilʽ

Numbers 22:17

for I esteem you very greatly, and whatever you say to me, I do. Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”

Numbers 23:13

And Balaq said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you see them. You only see the extremity but not all of them. Curse them for me from there.”

Numbers 23:27

And Balaq said to Bilʽ

Numbers 24:9

“He bowed down, he lay down like a lion. And, like a lion, who would rouse him? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.”

Acts 16:16

And it came to be, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of Puthon, did meet us, who brought her masters much profit by foretelling.

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

Joshua 24:9

‘And Balaq son of Tsippor, sovereign of Mo’aḇ

1 Samuel 17:43

And the Philistine said to Dawiḏ