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Balaam’s First Oracle

Numbers 23:6

In 11 translations

BSB
So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.
KJV
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
WEB
He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
ASV
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
LSV
And he returns to him, and behold, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab.
YLT
And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab.
DBY
And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
DRC
Returning he found Balac standing by his burnt offering, with all the princes of the Moabites:
GNV
So when he returned vnto him, loe, hee stoode by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
JPS
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
LXXE
And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole-burnt-offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֣שָׁב אֵלָ֔יו וְהִנֵּ֥ה נִצָּ֖ב עַל־עֹלָת֑וֹ ה֖וּא וְכָל־שָׂרֵ֥י מוֹאָֽב׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀπεστράφη πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ ὁ δὲ ἐφιστήκει ἐπὶ τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄρχοντες Μωὰβ μετʼ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐγενήθη πνεῦμα Θεοῦ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ.

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