Numbers 23:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ Then he uttered his oracle and said, “From Aram, Balak brought me, Moab’s king from the mountains of the east: ‘Come! Curse Jacob for me! ‘Come! Denounce Israel!’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, Out of the mountains of the east, Saying, Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Balaam took up his [figurative] speech and said: Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me; and come, violently denounce Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

Common English Bible

⁷ Then he raised his voice and made his address: “From Aram Balak led me, the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains. Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And taking up his parable, he said: "Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. 'Come forth,' he said, 'and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn Israel.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: Make haste and detest Israel.

Numbers 23:7 Cross References

Genesis 10:22

Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram.

Genesis 28:2

Get up, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and take for yourself a wife from there, from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Genesis 28:7

Jacob listened to his father Isaac and to his mother and went toward Paddan-aram.

2 Samuel 21:21

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimea killed him.

2 Samuel 23:9

Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodo son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle. The men of Israel retreated,

Job 27:1

And Job took up his discourse again, saying:

Job 29:1

Again Job took up his discourse saying:

Psalm 49:5

I will turn my ear to a proverb. I will utter my riddle on the harp:

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth with a parable. I will utter perplexing sayings from of old,

Proverbs 26:2

Like a fluttering sparrow or a flying swallow, so an undeserved curse does not land.

Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, propose a riddle and tell a parable to the house of Israel.”

Micah 2:4

In that day He will lift up a parable for you, and there will be wailing lamentation, saying: “We have been utterly ruined! He changes the portion of my people. How He removes it from me! To the faithless He apportions our fields!”

Habakkuk 2:6

Will not all take up a proverb against him or a scornful riddle about him? “Oy to one expanding what isn’t his! How long? Oy to one burdening himself with heavy debts!”

Numbers 22:11

See, the people coming out of Egypt cover the surface of the land. Come now, curse them for me. Perhaps I will be able to fight against them and drive them away!”

Numbers 22:17

I will richly reward you, and everything you tell me I will do! Just come now and curse this people for me!”

Numbers 23:18

So he uttered his oracle and said: “Rise, Balak! Hear me, son of Zippor!

Numbers 23:6

Balaam went back to him. Behold, he was standing beside his offering with all the princes of Moab.

Numbers 24:15

Then he uttered his oracle: The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the strong man whose eye is opened,

Numbers 24:21

Then he saw the Kenite, so he uttered his oracle and said, “Your dwelling is secure. Your nest is set in the rock.

Numbers 24:23

Again he uttered his oracle and said, “O, who can live when God does this?

Numbers 24:3

He uttered his oracle and said: “This is the oracle of Balaam son of Beor, and the oracle of a strong man whose eye has been opened,

Matthew 13:33

He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like hametz, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

Matthew 13:35

in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open My mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Mark 12:12

They were trying to seize Yeshua, because they realized that He spoke the parable against them. But they feared the crowd, so they left Him and went away.

Deuteronomy 23:4

No Ammonite or Moabite is to enter the community of Adonai—even to the tenth generation none belonging to them is to enter the community of Adonai forever—

1 Samuel 17:10

The Philistine added, “Today I defy the ranks of Israel—give me a man, so we may fight together!”

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear, so this uncircumcised Philistine will become like one of them—since he has defied the ranks of the living God.”

1 Samuel 17:45

Then David said to the Philistine, “You are coming to me with a sword, a spear and a javelin, but I am coming to you in the Name of Adonai-Tzva’ot, God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.