18He took up his parable, and said, |Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.


In Context

15 He said to Balak, |Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet Yahweh yonder.|

16 Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, |Return to Balak, and say this.|

17 He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, |What has Yahweh spoken?|

18 He took up his parable, and said, |Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

20 Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.

Numbers 23:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:18Then he uttered his oracle: "Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:18But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:18And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, you son of Zippor: