I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
Numbers 22:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then God said to Balaam, ‘You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed. American Standard Version (1901) And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed. Common English Bible God said to Balaam, “Don’t go with them. Don’t curse the people, because they are blessed.” Catholic Public Domain Version And God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them, and do not curse the people, for they are blessed." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And God said to Balaam: Thou shalt not go with them, nor shalt thou curse the people: because it is blessed. |
I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
The chief priest Azariah, of the household of Zadok, answered him, ‘Since they began bringing the offering to the Lord’s temple, we have been eating and are satisfied and there is plenty left over because the Lord has blessed his people; this abundance is what is left over.’
Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their posterity among the peoples. All who see them will recognise that they are a people the Lord has blessed.
My people, remember what King Balak of Moab proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove , to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.
“Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the surface of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.” ’
So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s officials, ‘Go back to your land, because the Lord has refused to let me go with you.’
Please come and put a curse on these people for me because they are more powerful than I am. I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that those you bless are blessed and those you curse are cursed.’
There is no magic curse against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said about Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done! ’
Balaam said to Balak, ‘Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone. Maybe the Lord will meet with me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.’ So he went to a barren hill.
How can I curse someone God has not cursed? How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?
He crouches, he lies down like a lion or a lioness #– #who dares to rouse him? Those who bless you will be blessed, and those who curse you will be cursed.
While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, ‘Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of him.’
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.
For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness. The Lord your God has been with you these past forty years, and you have lacked nothing.”
Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but he turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
How happy you are, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is the shield that protects you, the sword you boast in. Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will tread on their backs. ,
You will be blessed above all peoples; there will be no infertile male or female among you or your livestock.