5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.


In Context

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: it may be the LORD will come to meet me: and whatever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a high place.

4 And God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

6 And he returned to him and lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.

Numbers 23:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:5The Lord put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, "Go back to Balak and give him this message."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, |Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:5and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.