12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?


In Context

9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!

11 And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?

13 And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou wilt see them; thou shalt see only the extremity of them and shalt not see them all, and curse me them from thence.

14 And he took him to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 23:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:12He answered, "Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:12He answered him: Call I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:12He answered and said, |Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:12and he answereth and saith, 'That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth — it do I not take heed to speak?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD has put in my mouth?