God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
Numbers 22:13 - English Standard Version 2016 So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.” Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Go back to your own land, for the Lord refuses to permit me to go with you. American Standard Version (1901) And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you. Common English Bible Then Balaam arose in the morning and said to Balak’s officials, “Go to your land, for the LORD has refused to allow me to go with you.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he, rising up in the morning, said to the leaders, "Go into your own land, for the Lord has prohibited me from going with you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he rose in the morning and said to the princes: Go into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come with you. |
God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.