16And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.


In Context

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.

14 And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.

16 And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

17 And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?

18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Numbers 23:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:16The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Go back to Balak and give him this message."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, |Return to Balak, and say this.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:16and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus.