6He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.


In Context

3 Balaam said to Balak, |Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you.| He went to a bare height.

4 God met Balaam: and he said to him, |I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.|

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

6 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

7 He took up his parable, and said, |From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?

Numbers 23:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:6So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the princes of Moab.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:6Returning he found Balac standing by his burnt offering, with all the princes of the Moabites:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6And he returned to him and lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:6And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes of Moab.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:6And he returned to him, and, see, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.