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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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MoabitesBalakAbel-ShittimCharmMagic; MagicianPoetry, HebrewWorldlinessNumbers, Book ofDivinationProphecy; Prophets
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