Numbers 22:33

31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.

34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

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Sammenlign

ÅB
Eselhoppen så meg og har nå tre ganger bøyd av veien for meg; hvis den ikke hadde bøyd av veien for meg, så hadde jeg nå slått deg ihjel, men latt den leve.
OTB
Eselet så meg og svingte unna meg disse tre gangene. Hadde det ikke svingt unna, ville jeg nå ha tatt ditt liv, men jeg ville ha spart det.»
B1930
Aseninnen så mig og har nu tre ganger bøid av veien for mig; hvis den ikke hadde bøid av veien for mig, så hadde jeg nu slått dig ihjel, men latt den leve.
BSB
The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”
KJV
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
WEB
The donkey saw me, and turned away before me these three times. Unless she had turned away from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.”
ASV
and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.
DARBY
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times; had she not turned from me, I had now certainly slain thee, and saved her alive.
BLB
And the donkey saw Me and turned aside before my face these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely by now I would also have killed you and let her live.”

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  • Numbers 16:33–35

    They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

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  • Numbers 14:37

    Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

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  • 1 Kings 13:24–28

    And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

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