And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
Numbers 22:12 - King James 2000 And God said unto Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed. American Standard Version (1901) And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed. Common English Bible God said to Balaam, “Don’t go with them. Don’t curse the people, because they are blessed.” Catholic Public Domain Version And God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them, and do not curse the people, for they are blessed." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And God said to Balaam: Thou shalt not go with them, nor shalt thou curse the people: because it is blessed. |
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have plenty left: for the LORD has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great abundance.
Happy is that people, that is in such a state: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
And their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the descendants whom the LORD has blessed.
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal; that you may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, who cover the face of the earth: come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the leaders of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuses to give me permission to go with you.
Come now therefore, I pray you, curse for me this people; for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may smite 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.
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought!
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to a high place.
How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I denounce, whom the LORD has not denounced?
He crouched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesses you, and cursed is he that curses you.
When he was sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the works of your hand: he knows your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.
Nevertheless the LORD your God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing unto you, because the LORD your God loved you.
Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
Happy are you, O Israel: who is like unto you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your excellency! and your enemies shall submit unto you; and you shall tread upon their high places.
You shall be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.