Numbers 23:16 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁶ Adonai met Balaam there and put a message into his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak and speak thus.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And the Lord met Balaam and put a speech in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak and speak thus.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The LORD granted Balaam an appearance and gave him a message. He said, “Return to Balak and say this.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said, "Return to Balak, and you shall say this to him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.

Numbers 23:16 Cross References

Numbers 22:20

God came to Balaam by night and said to him, “Since the men came to you to summon you, arise and go with them. However, only the word I tell you are you to do!”

Numbers 22:35

The angel of Adonai said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only the word that I tell you.” So Balaam went with Balak’s princes.

Numbers 23:15

“Stay here beside your offering,” he said to Balak, “while I am meeting over there.”

Numbers 23:17

So he went to him, and behold, he and the princes of Moab were standing beside his offering. Balak asked him, “What did Adonai say?”

Numbers 23:5

Adonai put a message into Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak and speak this.”

Numbers 24:1

When Balaam realized that it was pleasing in the eyes of Adonai to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorceries as at the other times, but turned his face toward the wilderness.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will speak to them all that I command him.