Numbers 23:12 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹² He answered, ‘Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And Balaam answered, Must I not be obedient and speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

Common English Bible

¹² He answered and said, “Don’t I have to take care to speak whatever the LORD gives me to say?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² He answered him, "How can I say anything other than what the Lord orders?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² He answered him: Call I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth?

Numbers 23:12 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 4:15

You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do.

Proverbs 26:25

Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts.

Numbers 22:20

That night God came to Balaam and said, ‘Since these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you.’

Numbers 22:38

‘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.’

Numbers 23:13

Then Balak said to him, ‘Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will not see them all but only the outskirts of their camp. And from there, curse them for me.’

Numbers 23:20

I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.

Numbers 23:26

Balaam answered, ‘Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?’

Numbers 23:3

Then Balaam said to Balak, ‘Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.’ Then he went off to a barren height.

Numbers 24:13

“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”?

Romans 16:18

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.