Numbers 22:38 - The Scriptures 2009

³⁸ And Bil‛am said to Balaq, “See, I have come to you! Now, am I at all able to say somewhat? The word that Elohim puts in my mouth, that I speak.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ And Balaam said to Balak, Indeed I have come to you, but do I now have any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Common English Bible

³⁸ Balaam said to Balak, “I’ve now come to you. But I’m only able to speak whatever word God gives me to say. That is what I will speak.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ He answered him: "Behold, here I am. Am I able to speak anything other than what God will put into my mouth?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth?

Numbers 22:38 Cross References

1 Kings 22:14

And Miḵayehu said, “As יהוה lives, whatever יהוה says to me, that I speak.”

1 Kings 22:16

And the sovereign said to him, “How many times have I made you swear that you do not speak to me, except the truth, in the Name of יהוה?”

2 Chronicles 18:13

And Miḵayehu said, “As יהוה lives, whatever my Elohim says, that I speak.”

Psalm 33:10

יהוה brings the counsel of the nations to naught; He thwarts the plans of the peoples.

Psalm 76:10

For the wrath of mankind praises You, With the remainder of wrath You gird Yourself!

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in a man’s heart, But it is the counsel of יהוה that stands.

Isaiah 44:25

frustrating the signs of the babblers, and driving diviners mad, turning wise men backward, and making their knowledge foolish,

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the end from the beginning, and from of old that which has not yet been done, saying, ‘My counsel does stand, and all My delight I do,’

Isaiah 47:12

“Stand now with your potent spells and your many witchcrafts, in which you have laboured from your youth, if so be you are able to profit, if so be you find strength.

Numbers 22:18

And Bil‛am answered and said to the servants of Balaq, “Though Balaq were to give me his house filled with silver and gold, I am unable to go beyond the word of יהוה my Elohim, to do less or more.

Numbers 22:37

And Balaq said to Bil‛am, “Did I not urgently send to you, calling for you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to esteem you?”

Numbers 22:39

And Bil‛am went with Balaq, and they came to Qiryath Ḥutsoth.

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 stayed with Bil‛am.

Numbers 23:16

And יהוה came to Bil‛am, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balaq, and say this.”

Numbers 23:26

And Bil‛am answered and said to Balaq, “Have I not spoken to you, saying, ‘All that יהוה speaks, that I do’?”

Numbers 24:13

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’?