So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, ‘What did the Lord say?’
Numbers 23:18 - New International Version (Anglicised) Then he spoke his message: ‘Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Balaam took up his [figurative] discourse and said: Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen [closely] to me, son of Zippor. American Standard Version (1901) And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: Common English Bible Then Balaam raised his voice and made his address: “Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me out, Zippor’s son. Catholic Public Domain Version But, taking up his parable, he said: "Stand, Balak, and pay attention. Listen, you son of Zippor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he taking up his parable said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor. |
So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, ‘What did the Lord say?’
God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfil?
Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace and said, ‘I have a message from God for you.’ As the king rose from his seat,