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


In Context

5 The Lord put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, "Go back to Balak and give him this message."

6 So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the princes of Moab.

7 Then Balaam uttered his oracle: "Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. 'Come,' he said, 'curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.'

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!"

Numbers 23:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8What — do I pierce? — God hath not pierced! And what — am I indignant? — Jehovah hath not been indignant!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied?