Numbers 24:13 - The Scriptures 1998

¹³ ‘If Balaq should give me his house filled with silver and gold, I am unable to go beyond the word of יהוה, to do either good or evil of my own heart. What יהוה  speaks, that I speak’?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the command of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will, but what the Lord says, that will I speak?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speak?

Common English Bible

¹³ ‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I wouldn’t be able to break the LORD’s command for good or ill by my own will. I’ll say whatever the LORD says’?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Even if Balak would give me his house, filled with silver and gold, I still could not go away from the word of the Lord my God, so as to offer anything, either good or evil, from my own heart; but whatever the Lord will speak, this, too, I shall speak.

Numbers 24:13 Cross References

1 Kings 13:8

But the man of Elohim said to the sovereign, “If you were to give me half your house, I do not go in with you, nor do I eat bread nor drink water in this place.

1 Kings 22:14

And Miḵ

Numbers 16:28

And Mosheh said, “By this you know that יהוה  has sent me to do all these works, that they are not from my own heart.

Numbers 22:18

And Bilʽ

Numbers 22:20

And Elohim came to Bilʽ

Numbers 22:8

And he said to them, “Spend the night here, and I shall bring back word to you, as יהוה  speaks to me.” So the heads of Mo’aḇ