38Balaam said to Balak, |Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.|


In Context

35 The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, |Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.| So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

36 When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

37 Balak said to Balaam, |Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? Why didn't you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?|

38 Balaam said to Balak, |Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.|

39 Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.

40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

Numbers 22:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:38"Well, I have come to you now," Balaam replied. "But can I say just anything? I must speak only what God puts in my mouth."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:38He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said to Balak, Lo, I am come to thee; but shall I now be able at all to say anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said to Balak, Lo, I have come to thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam saith unto Balak, 'Lo, I have come unto thee; now — am I at all able to speak anything? the word which God setteth in my mouth — it I do speak.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:38And Balaam said to Balak, See, I am come to you: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.