Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.
Numbers 23:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version How shall I curse him, whom God has not cursed? For what reason would I condemn him, whom the Lord does not condemn? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How can I curse those God has not cursed? Or how can I [violently] denounce those the Lord has not denounced? American Standard Version (1901) How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied? Common English Bible How can I curse whom God hasn’t cursed? How can I denounce whom God hasn’t denounced? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not? English Standard Version 2016 How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced? |
Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.
I make the signs of the diviners useless, and I turn the seers to madness. I turn the wise backwards, and make their knowledge into foolishness.
And God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them, and do not curse the people, for they are blessed."
Therefore, come and curse this people, for they are stronger than I am. If only, in some way, I might be able to strike them and to drive them from my land. For I know that he whom you bless shall be blessed, and he whom you curse shall be cursed."
I was led here to bless, and I have no strength to hinder the blessing.
There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor any divination in Israel. In their times, it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God has wrought.
And taking up his parable, he said: "Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. 'Come forth,' he said, 'and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn Israel.'