Numbers 23:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But I can't go against God! He did not curse or condemn Israel.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:2

A curse you don't deserve will take wings and fly away like a sparrow or a swallow.

Isaiah 44:25

I make liars of false prophets and fools of fortune-tellers. I take human wisdom and turn it into nonsense.

Numbers 22:12

But God replied, “Don't go with Balak's messengers. I have blessed those people who have come from Egypt, so don't curse them.”

Numbers 22:6

They are too powerful for us to defeat, so would you come and place a curse on them? Perhaps then we can drive them out. I know that anyone you bless will be successful, but anyone you curse will fail.

Numbers 23:20

“My command from God was to bless these people, and there's nothing I can do to change what he has done.

Numbers 23:23

No magic charms can work against them— just look what God has done for his people.

Numbers 23:7

Balaam said: “King Balak of Moab brought me from the hills of Syria to curse Israel and announce its doom.