Then the Lord said to him, “Who made a person’s mouth? And who can make a person deaf or not able to speak? Who can make a person blind? Who can make a person able to see? {I am the One who can do all these things—}I am YAHWEH. [33]
Numbers 22:28 - Easy To Read Version Then the Lord caused the donkey to speak. The donkey said to Balaam, “Why are you angry at me? What have I done to you? You have hit me 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? |
Then the Lord said to him, “Who made a person’s mouth? And who can make a person deaf or not able to speak? Who can make a person blind? Who can make a person able to see? {I am the One who can do all these things—}I am YAHWEH. [33]
Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made me look foolish. If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”
We know that everything God made has been waiting until now in pain like a woman ready to give birth to a child.
But a donkey told Balaam that he was doing wrong. And the donkey is an animal that cannot talk. But that donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the prophet’s (Balaam’s) crazy thinking.