18Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!


In Context

15 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.

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

17 And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?

18 Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!

19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?

20 Behold, I have received mission to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Numbers 23:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:18Then he uttered his oracle: "Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:18But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18He took up his parable, and said, |Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, you son of Zippor: