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


In Context

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.

21 "No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The Lord their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them.

22 God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.

Numbers 23:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:20I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to hinder.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received mission to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:20Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I can not reverse it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he has blessed; and I cannot reverse it.