I will pay you very much if you will do what I ask. [283] Come and speak against these people for me.”
Numbers 24:11 - Easy To Read Version Now leave and go home! I told you that I would give you a very good payment. But the Lord has caused you to lose your 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. |
I will pay you very much if you will do what I ask. [283] Come and speak against these people for me.”
When Balak saw Balaam, he said to him, “I asked you before to come. I told you it was very, very important. Why didn’t you come to me? I might not be able to pay you now.”
Balak became very angry at Balaam. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to come and speak against my enemies. But you have blessed them. You have blessed them three times.
Balaam said to Balak, “You sent men to me. Those men asked me to come. But I told them,
Peter said to Simon, “You and your money should both be destroyed! You thought you could buy God’s gift with money.
Not only those things, but now I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Christ, I lost all those things \{I thought were important\}. And now I know that all those things are worthless trash. This allows me to have Christ.