18Balaam answered the servants of Balak, |If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.


In Context

15 Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.

16 They came to Balaam, and said to him, |Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, 'Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:

17 for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.'|

18 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, |If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.

19 Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more.|

20 God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, |If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do.|

Numbers 22:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:18And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:18But Balaam answered them, "Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not do anything great or small to go beyond the command of the Lord my God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:18Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:18And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:18And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:18And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:18And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:18And Balaam answereth and saith unto the servants of Balak, 'If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah my God, to do a little or a great thing;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:18And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.