But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”
Numbers 22:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Balaam said to Balak, “I have come to you now, but do I have power to say just anything? The word God puts in my mouth, that is what I must say.” Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Balaam said to Balak, Indeed I have come to you, but do I now have any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak. American Standard Version (1901) And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. Common English Bible Balaam said to Balak, “I’ve now come to you. But I’m only able to speak whatever word God gives me to say. That is what I will speak.” Catholic Public Domain Version He answered him: "Behold, here I am. Am I able to speak anything other than what God will put into my mouth?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth? |
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever my God says, that I will speak.”
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Human wrath serves only to praise you, when you bind the last bit of your wrath around you.
The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
who frustrates the omens of soothsayers and makes fools of diviners; who turns back the wise and makes their knowledge foolish;
declaring the outcome from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, “My purpose shall stand, and I will fulfill my intention,”
Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed; perhaps you may inspire terror.
But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Although Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
He said to them, “Stay here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, just as the Lord speaks to me”; so the officials of Moab stayed with Balaam.
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’?”
‘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’?