20I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to hinder.


In Context

17 Returning he found him standing by his burnt sacrifice, and the princes of the Moabites with him. And Balac said to him: What hath the Lord spoken?

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

19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor as the son of man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?

20 I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to hinder.

21 There is no idol in Jacob, neither is there an image god to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the sound of the victory of the king in him.

22 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros.

Numbers 23:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:20I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received mission to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I can not reverse it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he has blessed; and I cannot reverse it.