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


In Context

2 And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.

3 And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.

4 And when he was gone with speed, God met him. And Balaam speaking to him, said: I have erected seven altars, and have laid on everyone a calf and a ram.

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

6 Returning he found Balac standing by his burnt offering, with all the princes of the Moabites:

7 And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: make haste and detest 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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