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Green's Literal Translation

Numbers 22:14

And the leaders of Moab rose up and came to Balak. And they said, Balaam refuses to come with us.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- 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;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Transjordan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Balaam;   Balak;   Moab, Moabites;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zippor ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Balak;   Midian;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Moab;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The princes of Mo'av rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Bil`am refuses to come with us.
King James Version
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
Lexham English Bible
The princes of Moab got up and went to Balak, and they said, "Balaam refused to come with us."
English Standard Version
So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."
New Century Version
So the Moabite leaders went back to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."
New English Translation
So the princes of Moab departed and went back to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."
Amplified Bible
The leaders of Moab arose and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."
New American Standard Bible
And the representatives from Moab got up and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the princes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balak, & sayd, Balaam hath refused to come with vs.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the leaders of Moab arose and came to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to go with us."
Contemporary English Version
The officials left and told Balak that Balaam refused to come.
Complete Jewish Bible
The princes of Mo'av got up, returned to Balak and said, "Bil‘am refuses to come with us."
Darby Translation
And the princes of Moab rose up; and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam has refused to come with us.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the leaders of Moab went back to Balak and told him this. They said, "Balaam refused to come with us."
George Lamsa Translation
So the princes of Moab rose up and went to Balak, and said to him, Balaam refused to come with us.
Good News Translation
So they returned to Balak and told him that Balaam had refused to come with them.
Christian Standard Bible®
The officials of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the prynces of ye Moabites gat the vp, came to Balac, & saide: Balaam refuseth to come wt vs.
American Standard Version
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
Bible in Basic English
So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the lordes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balac and sayde: Balaam would not come with vs.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said: 'Balaam refuseth to come with us.'
King James Version (1611)
And the Princes of Moab rose vp, and they went vnto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with vs.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the princes of Moab rose, and came to Balac, and said, Balaam will not come with us.
English Revised Version
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
Berean Standard Bible
And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The princes turneden ayen, and seiden to Balaach, Balaam nolde come with vs.
Young's Literal Translation
and the princes of Moab rise, and come in unto Balak, and say, `Balaam is refusing to come with us.'
Update Bible Version
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
World English Bible
The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
New King James Version
And the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."
New Living Translation
So the Moabite officials returned to King Balak and reported, "Balaam refused to come with us."
New Life Bible
So the leaders of Moab got up and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam would not come with us."
New Revised Standard
So the officials of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the princes of Moab arose, and came in unto Balak, - and said, Balaam refused to come with us.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The princes returning, said to Balac: Balaam would not come with us.
Revised Standard Version
So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."
THE MESSAGE
So the Moabite nobles left, came back to Balak, and said, "Balaam wouldn't come with us."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The leaders of Moab arose and went to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."

Contextual Overview

1 And the sons of Israel pulled up stakes and camped on the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, by Jericho. 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab greatly feared because of the people, for it was many. And Moab was vexed by the presence of the sons of Israel. 4 And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now this assembly is licking up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. 5 And he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor which is beside the River of the land of the sons of his people, to call for him, saying, Behold! A people has come out of Egypt. Behold! it has covered the eye of the earth, and it is sitting next to me. 6 And now please come, curse this people for me, for it is stronger than I. Perhaps I will prevail, that we may strike them, that I may drive them out from the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian left with the rewards of the seer in their hand. And they came to Balaam and spoke the words of Balak to him. 8 And he said to them, Stay here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, even as Jehovah may speak to me. And the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam. 9 And God came to Balaam and said, Who are these men with you? 10 And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab has sent to me,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Balaam refuseth: Numbers 22:13, Numbers 22:37

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:4 - I will not

Cross-References

Genesis 22:4
And on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from a distance.
Genesis 22:5
And Abraham said to his young men, You stay here with the ass. I and the boy will go over there that we may worship and may return to you.
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said, My son, God will see to the lamb for Himself, for a burnt offering. And the two of them went together.
Genesis 22:10
And Abraham put out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold! A ram behind him was entangled in a thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it for a burnt offering instead of his son.
Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Will See; so that it is said until this day, In the mount of Jehovah it will be seen.
Genesis 22:17
that blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the shore of the sea. And your Seed shall possess the gate of His enemies.
Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place, The House of God. And yet the name of the city was at first Luz.
Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Face of God, because I saw God face to face, and my life is delivered.
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar. And he called its name, Jehovah My Banner.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the princes of Moab rose up,.... And the princes of Midian also, immediately, without entering into a parley with him, to persuade him to go with them; perceiving by his answer that it would be to no purpose, and that he was determined to do as the Lord directed him:

and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us; as Balaam told them less than what God had said to him, so they related less to Balak than what Balaam had said to them; saying nothing of the Lord's refusing to let him go with them, but represent it as a piece of pride and obstinacy in Balaam, and which Balak was left to understand; and it seems as if he did understand it as a piece of policy in Balaam, to get a larger offer of money or honour, or both, from him, and which the following account seems to confirm.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 22:14. Balaam refuseth to come with us. — "Observe," says Mr. Ainsworth, "Satan's practice against God's word, seeking to lessen the same, and that from hand to hand, till he bring it to naught. Balaam told the princes less than God told him, and they relate to Balak less than Balaam told them; so that when the answer came to the king of Moab, it was not the word of God, but the word of man; it was simply, Balaam refuseth to come, without ever intimating that God had forbidden him." But in this Balaam is not to blame; he told the messengers in the most positive manner, Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you, Numbers 22:13; and more explicit he could not be.


 
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