Numbers 23:20

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

WEB

Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.

ASV

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

LSV

Behold, I have received [only] to bless; Indeed, He blesses, and I cannot reverse it.

YLT

Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can] not reverse it.

DBY

Behold, I have received [mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

DRC

I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to hinder.

GNV

Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it.

JPS

Behold, I am bidden to bless; and when He hath blessed, I cannot call it back.

LXXE

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: I will bless, and not turn back.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

הִנֵּ֥ה בָרֵ֖ךְ לָקָ֑חְתִּי וּבֵרֵ֖ךְ וְלֹ֥א אֲשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃

LXX-Br

Ἰδοὺ εὐλογεῖν παρείλημμαι· εὐλογήσω, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποστρέψω.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• John 10:27–29My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one…
• Numbers 22:12But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
• Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
• Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
• Isaiah 43:13Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
• Numbers 22:18But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
• Romans 8:38–39For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to…
• 1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Numbers 22:38“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”

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