Numbers 23:8

New English Translation

How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?

Cross References

Proverbs 26:2

Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,

Numbers 22:12

But God said to Balaam, “You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

Numbers 22:6

So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”

Numbers 23:20

Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Numbers 23:23

For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘Look at what God has done!’

Numbers 23:7

Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, “Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’