5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.


In Context

2 And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.

3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.

4 And God met Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon each altar.

5 And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

6 And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!

Numbers 23:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:5The Lord put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, "Go back to Balak and give him this message."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, |Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.