So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
Numbers 22:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 That night God came to Balaam and said to him, “If the men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but do only what I tell you to do.” Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up and go with them, but still only what I tell you may you do. American Standard Version (1901) And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do. Common English Bible God came to Balaam in the night and said to him, “If the men have come to summon you, arise and go with them. But you must do only what I tell you to do.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, God came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: "If these men have arrived to call you, then rise up and go with them; yet only in so far as you shall do what I will command you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: If these men be come to call thee, arise and go with them. Yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee. |
So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will turn you back on the way by which you came.
But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a boy,’ for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you.
You also stay here overnight, so that I may learn what more the Lord may say to me.”
The angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you to speak.” So Balaam went on with the officials of Balak.
He answered, “Must I not take care to say what the Lord puts into my mouth?”
The Lord met Balaam, put a word into his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and this is what you shall say.”
But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Whatever the Lord says, that is what I must do’?”
The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and this is what you must say.”
‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will; what the Lord says, that is what I will say’?
the oracle of one who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down but with eyes uncovered: