18Then he uttered his oracle: "Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.


In Context

15 Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there."

16 The Lord met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Go back to Balak and give him this message."

17 So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the princes of Moab. Balak asked him, "What did the Lord say?"

18 Then he uttered his oracle: "Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.

19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?

20 I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.

Numbers 23:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:18But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18He took up his parable, and said, |Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, you son of Zippor: