Numbers 23:7 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And taking up his parable, he said: "Balak, king of the Moabites, has led me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. 'Come forth,' he said, 'and curse Jacob. Hurry and condemn Israel.'

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, Out of the mountains of the east, Saying, Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Balaam took up his [figurative] speech and said: Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me; and come, violently denounce Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

Common English Bible

⁷ Then he raised his voice and made his address: “From Aram Balak led me, the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains. Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: Make haste and detest Israel.

English Standard Version 2016

⁷ And Balaam took up his discourse and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’

Numbers 23:7 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Genesis 10:22

The sons of Shem were Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 28:2

But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob, obeying his parents, had gone into Syria,

2 Samuel 21:21

And he blasphemed Israel. So Jonathan, the son of Shimei, the brother of David, struck him down.

2 Samuel 23:9

After him, there was Eleazar, the son of his paternal uncle, an Ahohite, who was among the three valiant men who were with David when they chastised the Philistines, and they were gathered together in battle there.

Job 27:1

Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:

Job 29:1

Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:

Psalm 49:5

Gather his holy ones to him, you who order his covenant above sacrifices.

Psalm 78:2

They have placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth.

Proverbs 26:2

Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.

Ezekiel 17:2

"Son of man, propose an enigma and describe a parable to the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: 'Does this man not speak except through parables?' "

Micah 2:4

In that day, a parable will be taken up about you, and a song will be sung with sweetness, saying: "We have been devastated by depopulation." The fate of my people has been altered. How can he withdraw from me, when he might be turned back, he who might tear apart our country?

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and an enigmatic utterance about him? And it will be said, "Woe to him who increases what is not his own." How long, then, will he lay down dense clay against himself?

Numbers 22:11

saying: 'Behold, a people, which has gone forth from Egypt, has covered the face of the earth. Come and curse them, so that, in some way, I may be able to fight them and drive them away.' "

Numbers 22:17

For I am ready to honor you, and whatever you would want, I shall give to you. Come and curse this people."

Numbers 23:18

But, taking up his parable, he said: "Stand, Balak, and pay attention. Listen, you son of Zippor.

Numbers 23:6

Returning, he found Balak standing next to his holocaust, with all the leaders of the Moabites.

Numbers 24:15

Therefore, taking up his parable, he again spoke: "Balaam the son of Beor, the man whose eye has been obstructed,

Numbers 24:21

Likewise, he saw the Kainites, and taking up his parable, he said: "Robust, indeed, is your habitation. But though you will set your nest in a rock,

Numbers 24:23

And taking up his parable once more he said: "Alas! Who will be able to survive, when God will do these things?

Numbers 24:3

taking up his parable, he said: "Balaam, the son of Beor, the man whose eye has been obstructed,

Matthew 13:33

He spoke another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of fine wheat flour, until it was entirely leavened."

Matthew 13:35

in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying: "I will open my mouth in parables. I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation of the world."

Mark 12:12

And they sought to take hold of him, but they feared the crowd. For they knew that he had spoken this parable about them. And leaving him behind, they went away.

Deuteronomy 23:4

because they were not willing to meet you with bread and water along the way, when you had departed from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, in order to curse you.

1 Samuel 17:10

And the Philistine was saying: "I have reproached the troops of Israel today. Present a man to me, and let him undertake a fight against me alone."

1 Samuel 17:36

For I, your servant, have killed both lion and bear. And so this uncircumcised Philistine, too, will be like one of them. Now I will go and take away the reproach of the people. For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, who has dared to curse the army of the living God?"

1 Samuel 17:45

But David said to the Philistine: "You approach me with sword, and spear, and shield. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which you have reproached.