29Balaam answered the donkey, "You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now."


In Context

26 Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left.

27 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord , she lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat her with his staff.

28 Then the Lord opened the donkey's mouth, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?"

29 Balaam answered the donkey, "You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now."

30 The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?" "No," he said.

31 Then the Lord opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.

Numbers 22:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:29And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:29Balaam answered: Because thou hast deserved it, and hast served me ill: I would I had a sword that I might kill thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:29And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me, I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:29And Balaam said to the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill thee!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:29And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now I had killed thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:29And Balaam said to the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:29Balaam said to the donkey, |Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:29and Balaam saith to the ass, 'Because thou hast rolled thyself against me; oh that there were a sword in my hand, for now I had slain thee;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:29And Balaam said to the ass, Because you have mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill you.