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Balak Dismisses Balaam

Numbers 24:12

In 11 translations

BSB
Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me
KJV
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
WEB
Balaam said to Balak, “Didn’t I also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
ASV
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying,
LSV
And Balaam says to Balak, “Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you have sent to me, saying,
YLT
And Balaam saith unto Balak, 'Did I not also unto thy messengers whom thou hast sent unto me, speak, saying,
DBY
And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying,
DRC
Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me:
GNV
Then Balaam answered Balak, Tolde I not also thy messengers, which thou sentest vnto me, saying,
JPS
And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Spoke I not also to thy messengers that thou didst send unto me, saying:
LXXE
And Balaam said to Balac, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר בִּלְעָ֖ם אֶל־בָּלָ֑ק הֲלֹ֗א גַּ֧ם אֶל־מַלְאָכֶ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥חְתָּ אֵלַ֖י דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי לֵאמֹֽר׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπε Βαλαὰμ πρὸς Βαλὰκ, οὐχὶ καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις σου οὓς ἀπέστειλας πρὸς με ἐλάλησα, λέγων,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • 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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