38"Well, I have come to you now," Balaam replied. "But can I say just anything? I must speak only what God puts in my mouth."


In Context

35 The angel of the Lord said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite town on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.

37 Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn't you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?"

38 "Well, I have come to you now," Balaam replied. "But can I say just anything? I must speak only what God puts in my mouth."

39 Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth.

40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and gave some to Balaam and the princes who were with him.

Numbers 22:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:38He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said to Balak, Lo, I am come to thee; but shall I now be able at all to say anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said to Balak, Lo, I have come to thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:38Balaam said to Balak, |Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam saith unto Balak, 'Lo, I have come unto thee; now — am I at all able to speak anything? the word which God setteth in my mouth — it I do speak.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said to Balak, See, I am come to you: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.