For I am ready to honour thee, and will give thee whatsoever thou wilt. Come and curse this people.
Numbers 24:11 - 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. 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." English Standard Version 2016 Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, ‘I will certainly honor you,’ but the Lord has held you back from honor.” |
For I am ready to honour thee, and will give thee whatsoever thou wilt. Come and curse this people.
And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to call thee. Why didst thou not come immediately to me? Was it because I am not able to reward thy coming?
And Balac, being angry against Balaam, clapped his hands together and said: I called thee to curse my enemies: and thou on the contrary hast blessed them three times.
Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me:
Keep thy money to thyself, to perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Furthermore I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ:
Look to yourselves, that you lose not the things which you have wrought: but that you may receive a full reward.