Numbers 23:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

KJV

And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

WEB

Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

ASV

And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

LSV

and YHWH puts a word in the mouth of Balaam and says, “Return to Balak, and thus you speak.”

YLT

and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

DBY

And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

DRC

And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

GNV

And the Lord put an answere in Balaams mouth, and sayde, Go againe to Balak, and say on this wise.

JPS

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.'

LXXE

And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, Thou shalt return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

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WLC

וַיָּ֧שֶׂם יְהוָ֛ה דָּבָ֖ר בְּפִ֣י בִלְעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֛אמֶר שׁ֥וּב אֶל־בָּלָ֖ק וְכֹ֥ה תְדַבֵּֽר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐνέβαλεν ὁ Θεὸς ῥῆμα εἰς τὸ στόμα Βαλαὰμ, καὶ εἶπεν, ἐπιστραφεὶς πρὸς Βαλὰκ, οὕτω λαλήσεις.

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• Jeremiah 1:9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
• Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
• Isaiah 51:16I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
• Isaiah 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and…
• Numbers 23:16And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
• Proverbs 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
• Proverbs 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
• John 11:51Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
• Numbers 22:35But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
• Luke 12:12For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
• Numbers 22:20That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”

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