11Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!"


In Context

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

9 From the rocky peaks I see them, from the heights I view them. I see a people who live apart and do not consider themselves one of the nations.

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my end be like theirs!"

11 Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!"

12 He answered, "Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?"

13 Then Balak said to him, "Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will see only a part but not all of them. And from there, curse them for me."

Numbers 23:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed [them] altogether.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:11And Balac said to Balaam: What is this that thou dost? I sent for thee to curse my enemies: and thou contrariwise blessest them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:11And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:11And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:11Balak said to Balaam, |What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:11And Balak saith unto Balaam, 'What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee — and lo, thou hast certainly blessed;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:11And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.