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 23:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I have indeed received a command to bless; since he has blessed, I cannot change it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You see, I have received His command to bless Israel. He has blessed, and I cannot reverse or qualify it. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. Common English Bible I received a blessing, and he blessed. I can’t take it back. Catholic Public Domain Version I was led here to bless, and I have no strength to hinder the blessing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I was brought to bless: the blessing I am not able to hinder. |
I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their enemies.
Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably. ‘Who was it then,’ he said, ‘who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it all before you came in, and I blessed him. Indeed, he will be blessed! ’
So now, you have been pleased to bless your servant’s house that it may continue before you for ever. For you, Lord, have blessed it, and it is blessed for ever.
Also, from today on I am he alone, and none can rescue from my power. I act, and who can reverse it? ’
Then God said to Balaam, ‘You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.’
But Balaam responded to the servants of Balak, ‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the Lord my God to do anything small or great.
Balaam said to him, ‘Look, I have come to you, but can I say anything I want? I must speak only the message God puts in my mouth.’
In this way they will pronounce my name over the Israelites, and I will bless them.’
You are being guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.