But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
Numbers 23:27 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Balak said to Bil`am, Come now, I will take you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I implore you; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there. American Standard Version (1901) And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. Common English Bible Balak said to Balaam, “Please come and I’ll take you to another place. Perhaps God will prefer it, so that you could curse him for me from there.” Catholic Public Domain Version And Balak said to him: "Come and I will lead you to another place. If perhaps it may please God, then you may curse them from there." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to another place. If peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence. |
But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
There are many plans in a man's heart, but the LORD's counsel will prevail.
For the LORD of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?*
*For I, the LORD, don't change; therefore you, sons of Ya`akov, are not consumed.
Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.
Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place, from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there.
But Bil`am answered Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that the LORD speaks, that I must do?
Balak took Bil`am to the top of Pe`or, that looks down on the desert.