For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
Numbers 22:37 - English Standard Version 2016 And Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?” Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Balak said to Balaam, Did I not [earnestly] send to you to ask you [to come] to me? Why did you not come? Am not I able to promote you to honor? American Standard Version (1901) And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor? Common English Bible Balak said to Balaam, “Didn’t I send urgently and summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to honor you?” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to Balaam: "I sent messengers to call you. Why did you not come to me immediately? Was it because I am not able to pay the cost for your arrival?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to call thee. Why didst thou not come immediately to me? Was it because I am not able to reward thy coming? |
For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, on the border formed by the Arnon, at the extremity of the border.
Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.”
Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, ‘I will certainly honor you,’ but the Lord has held you back from honor.”
and said to him, “To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.
How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?