Numbers 22:25
And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
Numbers 22:25 in other translations
| BSB | And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her once again. |
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| WEB | The donkey saw the LORD’s angel, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. He struck her again. |
| ASV | And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again. |
| YLT | and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah, and is pressed unto the wall, and presseth Balaam's foot unto the wall, and he addeth to smite her; |
| DARBY | And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah, and she pressed herself against the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall; and he smote her again. |
| BBE | And the ass saw the angel of the Lord, and went near the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against the wall; and he gave her more blows. |
| Webster | And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself against the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. |
What does Numbers 22:25 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 22:22-35
We must not think, that because God does not always by his providence restrain men from sin, therefore he approves of it, or that it is not hateful to him. The holy angels oppose sin, and perhaps are employed in preventing it more than we are aware. This angel was an adversary to Balaam, because Balaam counted him his adversary; those are really our best friends, and we ought so to reckon them, who stop our progress…
Numbers 22:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 22:25
- Job 5:13-15
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
- Isaiah 47:12
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
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Context
- Numbers 22:24
But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
- Numbers 22:25
And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
- Numbers 22:26
And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
Numbers 22:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y viendo el asna al ángel de Jehová, pegóse á la pared, y apretó contra la pared el pie de Balaam: y él volvió á herirla. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’ânesse vit l’Ange de l’ Éternel, et elle se serra contre la muraille, et serra le pied de Balaam contre la muraille; et il la frappa de nouveau. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Eselin sah den Engel Jehovas und drängte sich an die Wand und drückte den Fuß Bileams an die Wand; und er schlug sie noch einmal. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quem videns asina, junxit se parieti, et attrivit sedentis pedem. At ille iterum verberabat eam: |