Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”
Parallel Translations
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Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.”
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And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
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And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.'
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Numbers 23:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 23:5 Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
- Numbers 22:35 Yahweh’s angel said to Balaam, “Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
- Numbers 24:1 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to use divination, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put…
Num 23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
Ver. 16. Put a word.] {See Trapp on "Num 23:5"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain See Poole "Num 23:4", and See Poole on "Num…
See Poole "Num 23:4", and See Poole on "Num 22:35".
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word…
And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth,.... As he did before, Num 23:5.
and said, go again unto Balak, and say thus; the words which are expressed in Num 23:18.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Put a word in his mouth — An…
16. Put a word in his mouth — An instance of verbal inspiration. God can impress words upon the human mind in ways which our poor philosophy cannot fathom.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 put a message in his mouth
put a message in his mouth
The message is spoken of as if it is something that God put into his mouth. See how you translated a similar phrase in Numbers 22:38. AT: "told him what to say" (See: Metaphor)
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He said
"Then Yahweh said"
Balak, and hear ... Listen to me, you son of Zippor
These two phrases mean the same thing and are repeated to emphasize how important it was for Balak to pay attention. (See: Parallelism)
son of Zippor
This refers to Balak. See how you translated this in Numbers 22:2.
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Yahweh
Moab
prophet
raise
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