Numbers 24:12

New King James Version

So Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
And Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Balaam aunswered vnto Balac: Tolde I not thy messengers whiche thou sendedst vnto me, saying:

Easy-to-Read Version
Balaam said to Balak, "You sent men to ask me to come. Don't you remember what I told them? I said,

Revised Standard Version
And Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

World English Bible
Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying,

King James Version (1611)
And Balaam said vnto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest vnto me, saying,

King James Version
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Balaam answered him: Tolde not I thy messaungers (whom thou sendedst vnto me) & sayde:

THE MESSAGE
Balaam said to Balak, "Didn't I tell you up front when you sent your emissaries, ‘Even if Balak gave me his palace stuffed with silver and gold, I couldn't do anything on my own, whether good or bad, that went against God 's command'? I'm leaving for home and my people, but I warn you of what this people will do to your people in the days to come." Then he spoke his oracle-message: Decree of Balaam son of Beor, decree of the man with 20/20 vision, Decree of the man who hears godly speech, who knows what's going on with the High God, Who sees what The Strong God reveals, who bows in worship and sees what's real. I see him, but not right now, I perceive him, but not right here; A star rises from Jacob a scepter from Israel, Crushing the heads of Moab, the skulls of all the noisy windbags; I see Edom sold off at auction, enemy Seir marked down at the flea market, while Israel walks off with the trophies. A ruler is coming from Jacob who'll destroy what's left in the city. Then Balaam spotted Amalek and delivered an oracle-message. He said, Amalek, you're in first place among nations right now, but you're going to come in last, ruined. He saw the Kenites and delivered his oracle-message to them: Your home is in a nice secure place, like a nest high on the face of a cliff. Still, you Kenites will look stupid when Asshur takes you prisoner. Balaam spoke his final oracle-message: Doom! Who stands a chance when God starts in? Sea-Peoples, raiders from across the sea, will harass Asshur and Eber, But they'll also come to nothing, just like all the rest. Balaam got up and went home. Balak also went on his way.

American Standard Version
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then Balaam said to Balak, Did I not say to the men you sent to me,

Update Bible Version
And Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I speak also to your messengers that you sent to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not speak also to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying,

New English Translation
Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

Contemporary English Version
Balaam answered, "I told your messengers

Complete Jewish Bible
Bil‘am answered Balak, "Didn't I tell the messengers you sent me

Darby Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Balaam answered Balak, Tolde I not also thy messengers, which thou sentest vnto me, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not say to your messengers whom you sent to me,

Good News Translation
Balaam answered, "I told the messengers you sent to me that

Amplified Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me,

Hebrew Names Version
Bil`am said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Spoke I not also to thy messengers that thou didst send unto me, saying:

New Living Translation
Balaam told Balak, "Don't you remember what I told your messengers? I said,

New Life Bible
Then Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell the men you had sent to me,

New Revised Standard
And Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Balaam said to Balac, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying,

English Revised Version
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Balaam said unto Balak, - Was it not so that even unto thy messengers whom thou didst send unto m, I spake saying-

Douay-Rheims Bible
Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me:

Lexham English Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,

Literal Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not speak to your messengers that you sent to me, saying,

English Standard Version
And Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

New American Standard Bible
And Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not in fact tell your messengers whom you had sent to me, saying,

New Century Version
Balaam said to Balak, "When you sent messengers to me, I told them,

Christian Standard Bible®
Balaam answered Balak, "Didn't I previously tell the messengers you sent me:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Balaam answeride to Balaach, Whethir Y seide not to thi messangeris, whiche thou sentist to me,

Young's Literal Translation
And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Did I not also unto thy messengers whom thou hast sent unto me, speak, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Then Balak's anger was aroused against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have bountifully blessed them these three times! ¹¹ Now therefore, flee to your place. I said I would greatly honor you, but in fact, the LORD has kept you back from honor." ¹² So Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying, ¹³ "If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the LORD, to do good or bad of my own will. What the LORD says, that I must speak'? ¹⁴ And now, indeed, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 22:18, Numbers 22:38

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:26 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
Hebrews 11:8-10">[xr] After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."

Genesis 24:7
The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants [fn] I give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

Genesis 24:8
And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."

Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, for all his master's goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

Genesis 24:11
And he made his camels kneel down outside the city by a well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.

Genesis 24:16
Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.

Genesis 24:17
And the servant ran to meet her and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher."

Genesis 24:27
And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren."

Genesis 24:42
"And this day I came to the well and said, "O LORD God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,

Genesis 24:48
And I bowed my head and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the way of truth to take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Balaam said unto Balak,.... In order to mitigate his wrath, and bring him into a better temper:

spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me: those that came to him a second time; for to the first he said nothing of what is after related, but to the last he did much the same as he had afterwards said to Balak himself: saying,