The Lord said to him, ‘Who placed a mouth on humans? Who makes a person mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
Numbers 22:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and she asked Balaam, ‘What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you that you should strike me these three times? American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? Common English Bible Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you’ve beaten me these three times?” Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said: "What have I done to you? Why do strike you me, behold now, for the third time?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said: What have I done to thee? Why strikest thou me, lo, now this third time? |
The Lord said to him, ‘Who placed a mouth on humans? Who makes a person mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
Balaam answered the donkey, ‘You made me look like a fool. If I had a sword in my hand, I’d kill you now! ’
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labour pains until now.
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will set aside the intelligence of the intelligent. ,
but received a rebuke for his lawlessness: A speechless donkey spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.