But Micaiah said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.’
Numbers 22:38 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘Well, I have come to you now,’ Balaam replied. ‘But I can’t say whatever I please. I must speak only what God puts in my mouth.’ 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 surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.’
The king said to him, ‘How many times must I make you swear to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?’
But Micaiah said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what my God says.’
The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
Surely your wrath against mankind brings you praise, and the survivors of your wrath are restrained.
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense,
I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, “My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.”
‘Keep on, then, with your magic spells and with your many sorceries, which you have laboured at since childhood. Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror.
But Balaam answered them, ‘Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the Lord my God.
Balak said to Balaam, ‘Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?’
‘Spend the night here,’ Balaam said to them, ‘and I will report back to you with the answer the Lord gives me.’ So the Moabite officials stayed with him.
The Lord met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, ‘Go back to Balak and give him this word.’
Balaam answered, ‘Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?’
“Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the Lord – and I must say only what the Lord says”?