But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”
Numbers 22:38 - English Standard Version 2016 Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Balaam said to Balak, Indeed I have come to you, but do I now have any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak. American Standard Version (1901) And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. Common English Bible Balaam said to Balak, “I’ve now come to you. But I’m only able to speak whatever word God gives me to say. That is what I will speak.” Catholic Public Domain Version He answered him: "Behold, here I am. Am I able to speak anything other than what God will put into my mouth?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth? |
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”
But the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?”
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, what my God says, that I will speak.”
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,
declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed; perhaps you may inspire terror.
But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.
And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
And he said to them, “Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.”
But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord says, that I must do’?”
‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will. What the Lord speaks, that will I speak’?