8How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?


In Context

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.

8 How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?

9 I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end be like to them.

Numbers 23:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8What — do I pierce? — God hath not pierced! And what — am I indignant? — Jehovah hath not been indignant!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied?