Numbers 22:33
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
Numbers 22:33 in other translations
| BSB | The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.” |
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| WEB | The donkey saw me, and turned away before me these three times. Unless she had turned away from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.” |
| ASV | and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive. |
| YLT | and the ass seeth me, and turneth aside at my presence these three times; unless she had turned aside from my presence, surely now also, thee I had slain, and her kept alive.' |
| DARBY | And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times; had she not turned from me, I had now certainly slain thee, and saved her alive. |
| BBE | And the ass saw me, turning to one side from me three times: if she had not gone to one side, I would certainly have put you to death and kept her safe. |
| Webster | And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. |
What does Numbers 22:33 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
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 22:33 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 22:33
- Numbers 16:33-35
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
- Numbers 14:37
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
- 1 Kings 13:24-28
And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him. And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14:37; 16:33-35; 1Ki 13:24-28
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Context
- Numbers 22:32
And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
- Numbers 22:33
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
- Numbers 22:34
And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
Numbers 22:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El asna me ha visto, y hase apartado luego de delante de mí estas tres veces: y si de mí no se hubiera apartado, yo también ahora te mataría á ti, y á ella dejaría viva. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et l’ânesse m’a vu et s’est détournée devant moi ces trois fois; si elle ne s’était pas détournée de devant moi, je t’aurais maintenant tué; et elle, je l’aurais laissée en vie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Eselin sah mich und bog vor mir aus nun dreimal; wenn sie nicht vor mir ausgebogen wäre, so hätte ich dich jetzt auch erschlagen, sie aber am Leben gelassen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et nisi asina declinasset de via, dans locum resistenti, te occidissem, et illa viveret. |