Balaam responded: "Even if Balak were to give to me his own house, filled with silver and gold, I still would not be able to change the word of the Lord my God, neither to say more, nor to say less.
Numbers 22:19 - Catholic Public Domain Version I beg you to remain for this night also, so that I may know what the Lord will answer me again." Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now therefore, I pray you, tarry here again tonight that I may know what more the Lord will say to me. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more. Common English Bible Now you also must remain the night here so that I may know what else the LORD may say to me.” Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I pray you to stay here this night also, that I may know what the Lord will answer me once more. English Standard Version 2016 So you, too, please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.” |
Balaam responded: "Even if Balak were to give to me his own house, filled with silver and gold, I still would not be able to change the word of the Lord my God, neither to say more, nor to say less.
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."
Abandoning the straight path, they wandered astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of iniquity.
And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.
Woe to them! For they have gone after the way of Cain, and they have poured out the error of Balaam for profit, and they have perished in the sedition of Korah.