26Balaam answered, "Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?"


In Context

23 There is no sorcery against Jacob, no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'See what God has done!'

24 The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till he devours his prey and drinks the blood of his victims."

25 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!"

26 Balaam answered, "Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?"

27 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there."

28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, overlooking the wasteland.

Numbers 23:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:26And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:26And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:26But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:26But Balaam answered Balak, |Didn't I tell you, saying, 'All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:26and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, 'Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh — it I do?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:26But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Told not I you, saying, All that the LORD speaks, that I must do?