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


In Context

17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What hath the LORD spoken?

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

19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoke, and shall he not make it good?

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

21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:20I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change 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 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.