Numbers 22:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a fool of me! I wish I had a sword in my hand! I would kill you right now!” Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have ridiculed and provoked me! I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you! American Standard Version (1901) And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee. Common English Bible Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you’ve tormented me. If I had a sword in my hand, I’d kill you now.” Catholic Public Domain Version Balaam responded, "Because you have deserved it, and you have mistreated me. If only I had a sword, so that I might pierce you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Balaam answered: Because thou hast deserved it, and hast served me ill. I would I had a sword that I might kill thee. |
The righteous know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
This is an evil in all that happens under the sun, that the same fate comes to everyone. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I been in the habit of treating you this way?” And he said, “No.”
For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.