Numbers 24:12
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
Numbers 24:12 in other translations
| BSB | Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me |
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| 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, |
| YLT | And Balaam saith unto Balak, ‘Did I not also unto thy messengers whom thou hast sent unto me, speak, saying, |
| DARBY | And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying, |
| BBE | Then Balaam said to Balak, Did I not say to the men you sent to me, |
| Webster | And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not speak also to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying, |
What does Numbers 24:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 24:10-14
10-14. Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together--The "smiting of the hands together" is, among Oriental people, an indication of the most violent rage (see Eze 21:17; 22:13) and ignominious dismissal.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 24:10-14
This vain attempt to curse Israel is ended. Balak broke out into a rage against Balaam, and expressed great vexation. Balaam has a very full excuse; God restrained him from saying what he would have said, and constrained him to say what he would not have uttered.
Numbers 24:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 24:12
- Numbers 22:18
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
- Numbers 22:38
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
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Context
- Numbers 24:11
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.
- Numbers 24:12
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
- Numbers 24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
Numbers 24:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Balaam le respondió: ¿No lo declaré yo también á tus mensajeros que me enviaste, diciendo: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Balaam dit à Balak: N’ai-je pas aussi parlé à tes messagers que tu as envoyés vers moi, disant: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Bileam sprach zu Balak: Habe ich nicht auch zu deinen Boten, die du zu mir gesandt hast, geredet und gesagt: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Respondit Balaam ad Balac: Nonne nuntiis tuis, quos misisti ad me, dixi: |