Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
Numbers 23:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How can I curse those God has not cursed? Or how can I [violently] denounce those the Lord has not denounced? American Standard Version (1901) How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied? Common English Bible How can I curse whom God hasn’t cursed? How can I denounce whom God hasn’t denounced? Catholic Public Domain Version How shall I curse him, whom God has not cursed? For what reason would I condemn him, whom the Lord does not condemn? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not? |
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.
who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
God said to Bil`am, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.
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.
Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
Surely there is no enchantment with Ya`akov; Neither is there any divination with Yisra'el. Now it shall be said of Ya`akov and of Yisra'el, What has God done!
He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Mo'av from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Ya`akov, Come, defy Yisra'el.