So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the officials of Moab. Balak asked him, ‘What did the Lord say? ’
Numbers 23:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak, get up and listen; son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Balaam took up his [figurative] discourse and said: Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen [closely] to me, son of Zippor. American Standard Version (1901) And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: Common English Bible Then Balaam raised his voice and made his address: “Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me out, Zippor’s son. Catholic Public Domain Version But, taking up his parable, he said: "Stand, Balak, and pay attention. Listen, you son of Zippor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he taking up his parable said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor. |
So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the officials of Moab. Balak asked him, ‘What did the Lord say? ’
God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfil?
Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his upstairs room where it was cool. Ehud said, ‘I have a message from God for you,’ and the king stood up from his throne.