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Christian Standard Bible ®

Numbers 22:16

They came to Balaam and said to him, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Let nothing keep you from coming to me,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Balak;   Decision;   Temptation;   Zippor;   Thompson Chain Reference - Balaam;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Moabites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Moabites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Epistle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Transjordan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Balaam;   Balak;   Let;   Moab, Moabites;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Zippor;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zippor ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Balak;   Midian;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zip'por;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Zippor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;   Joshua, the Samaritan Book of;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: ‘Let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
Update Bible Version
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray you, hinder you from coming to me:
English Revised Version
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
New Century Version
They went to Balaam and said, "Balak son of Zippor says this: Please don't let anything stop you from coming to me.
New English Translation
And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not let anything hinder you from coming to me.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming to me:
World English Bible
They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
Amplified Bible
They came to Balaam, and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, 'I beg you, let nothing hinder you from coming to me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
whiche seiden, whanne thei hadden come to Balaam, Balaach, the sone of Sephor, seith thus, Tarye thou not to come to me, redi to onoure thee;
Young's Literal Translation
and they come in unto Balaam, and say to him, `Thus said Balak son of Zippor, Be not, I pray thee, withheld from coming unto me,
Berean Standard Bible
They came to Balaam and said, "This is what Balak son of Zippor says: 'Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
Contemporary English Version
They went to Balaam and told him that Balak had said, "Balaam, if you come to Moab,
American Standard Version
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
Bible in Basic English
And they came to Balaam and said, Balak, son of Zippor, says, Let nothing keep you from coming to me:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whiche came to Balaam, and tolde hym, Thus sayeth Balac the sonne of Ziphor: Oh let nothyng let thee, but come vnto me:
Complete Jewish Bible
They went to Bil‘am and said to him, "Here is what Balak the son of Tzippor says: ‘Please don't let anything keep you from coming to me.
Darby Translation
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: Suffer not thyself, I pray thee, to be restrained from coming to me;
Easy-to-Read Version
They went to Balaam and said, "This is what Balak son of Zippor says to you: Please don't let anything stop you from coming.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they came to Balaam, and said to him: 'Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor: Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me;
King James Version (1611)
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor; Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from comming vnto me:
New Life Bible
They came to Balaam and said to him, "Balak the son of Zippor says, ‘I beg you, let nothing keep you from coming to me.
New Revised Standard
They came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Do not let anything hinder you from coming to me;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they came in unto Balaam, - and said unto him - Thus, said Balak son of Zipper, Do not be withheld, I pray thee from coming unto me:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Who came to Balaam, and sayde to him, Thus saith Balak the sonne of Zippor, Bee not thou staied, I pray thee, from comming vnto me.
George Lamsa Translation
And they carne to Balaam and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing hinder you from coming to me;
Good News Translation
They went to Balaam and gave him this message from Balak: "Please don't let anything prevent you from coming to me!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who, when they were come to Balaam, said: Thus saith Balac the son of Sephor, Delay not to come to me:
Revised Standard Version
And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: 'Let nothing hinder you from coming to me;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they came to Balaam, and they say to him, Thus says Balac the son of Sepphor: I beseech thee, delay not to come to me.
Hebrew Names Version
They came to Bil`am, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Tzippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
King James Version
And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
Lexham English Bible
They came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak son of Zippor, ‘Please, let nothing keep you from coming to me
Literal Translation
And they came to Balaam and said to him, So says Balak the son of Zippor, Please do not be hindered from coming to me,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan they came to Balaam, they tolde him: Balac ye sonne of Ziphor sendeth ye this worde: Oh refuse not to come vnto me,
New American Standard Bible
They came to Balaam and said to him, "This is what Balak the son of Zippor says: 'I beg you, let nothing keep you from coming to me;
New King James Version
And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: "Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me;
New Living Translation
They went to Balaam and delivered this message to him: "This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please don't let anything stop you from coming to help me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, 'Let nothing, I beg you, hinder you from coming to me;
Legacy Standard Bible
And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘Let nothing, I beg you, withhold you from coming to me;

Contextual Overview

15Balak sent officials again who were more numerous and higher in rank than the others. 16They came to Balaam and said to him, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Let nothing keep you from coming to me, 17for I will greatly honor you and do whatever you ask me. So please come and put a curse on these people for me!’” 18But Balaam responded to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the Lord my God to do anything small or great. 19Please stay here overnight as the others did, so that I may find out what else the Lord has to tell me.” 20God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.” 21When he got up in the morning, Balaam saddled his donkey and went with the officials of Moab.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Let nothing: etc. Heb. Be not thou letted from, etc. Numbers 22:16

Reciprocal: Numbers 22:37 - General 2 Samuel 13:28 - fear not Daniel 2:48 - a great

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation,I will bless you,I will make your name great,and you will be a blessing.
Genesis 22:13
Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
Genesis 22:14
And Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide, so today it is said: “It will be provided on the Lord’s mountain.”
Psalms 105:9
the covenant he made with Abraham,swore to Isaac,
Isaiah 45:23
By myself I have sworn;truth has gone from my mouth,a word that will not be revoked:Every knee will bow to me,every tongue will swear allegiance.
Jeremiah 49:13
For by myself I have sworn”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins forever.”
Jeremiah 51:14
The Lord of Armies has sworn by himself:
Amos 6:8
The Lord God has sworn by himself—this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Armies:
Luke 1:73
the oath that he swore to our father Abraham.He has given us the privilege,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they came to Balaam,.... Though men of such rank and dignity, they did not decline the embassy, being sent by their king; nor did they think it below them to wait upon this soothsayer:

and said unto him, thus saith Balak the son of Zippor; representing their master, and addressing the diviner in his name, as his ambassadors; at the same time doing honour to Balak that sent them, of whom they speak respectfully, and to Balaam, to whom they were sent:

let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me; no business, though ever so important, that might be upon his hands; nor any want of respect to him he might imagine; nor if the rewards offered were not thought sufficient; nor any persuasions of men to the contrary; and if it could be thought he knew anything of the prohibition of God, that may be included; so urgent was he upon his coming to him.


 
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