Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
Numbers 23:8 - Y'all Version Bible How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I defy whom YHWH 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 Balaam, “You must not go with them. You must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
Please come now therefore, and curse this people for me, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that the one who you bless is blessed, and the one who you curse is cursed.”
Indeed, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’
He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.