Numbers 23:27
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
Numbers 23:27 in other translations
| BSB | “Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.” |
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| WEB | Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.” |
| ASV | And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. |
| YLT | And Balak saith unto Balaam, ‘Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God--to pierce it for me from thence.' |
| DARBY | And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence. |
| BBE | Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there. |
| Webster | And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will please God that thou mayest from thence curse them for me. |
What does Numbers 23:27 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 23:11-30
Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessing; and this blessing is both larger and stronger than the former. Men change their minds, and break their words; but God never changes his mind, and therefore never recalls his promise. And when in Scripture he is said to…
Numbers 23:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 23:27
- Romans 11:29
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
- Numbers 23:13
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
- Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
- Isaiah 46:10-11
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
- Isaiah 14:27
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
- Proverbs 19:21
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
- Job 23:13
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
- Numbers 23:19-20
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
- Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
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Context
- Numbers 23:26
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?
- Numbers 23:27
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
- Numbers 23:28
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
Numbers 23:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo Balac á Balaam: Ruégote que vengas, te llevaré á otro lugar; por ventura parecerá bien á Dios que desde allí me lo maldigas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Balak dit à Balaam: Viens donc, je te conduirai à un autre lieu: peut-être sera-t-il bon aux yeux de Dieu que tu me le maudisses de là. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Balak sprach zu Bileam: Komm doch, ich will dich an einen anderen Ort mitnehmen; vielleicht wird es in den Augen Gottes recht sein, daß du es mir von dort aus verwünschest. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ait Balac ad eum: Veni, et ducam te ad alium locum: si forte placeat Deo ut inde maledicas eis. |