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


In Context

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.

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

9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:8How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?

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 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?