for I will greatly honour you and do whatever you ask me. So please come and put a curse on these people for me! ” ’
Numbers 24:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now go to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but look, the Lord has denied you a reward.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore now go back where you belong and do it in a hurry! I had intended to promote you to great honor, but behold, the Lord has held you back from honor. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honor. Common English Bible Now get out of here and go home. I told you I’d greatly honor you, but the LORD has denied you any honor.” Catholic Public Domain Version Return to your place. I had decided, indeed, to honor you greatly, but the Lord has deprived you of the designated honor." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly to honour thee: but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for thee. |
for I will greatly honour you and do whatever you ask me. So please come and put a curse on these people for me! ” ’
Balak asked Balaam, ‘Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you? ’
Then Balak became furious with Balaam, struck his hands together, and said to him, ‘I summoned you to put a curse on my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them these three times.
Balaam answered Balak, ‘Didn’t I previously tell the messengers you sent me:
But Peter told him, ‘May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ
Watch yourselves so that you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.