Numbers 23:18

16 And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

17 So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.

Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

20 I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.

Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
Da tok han til å kvede og sa: Stå opp, Balak, og hør! Lytt til meg, du Sippors sønn!
OTB
Bileam leverte sitt budskap: «Reis deg, Balak, og lytt; hør meg, Sippors sønn.
B1930
Da tok han til å kvede og sa: Stå op, Balak, og hør! Lytt til mig, du Sippors sønn!
BSB
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
KJV
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
WEB
He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
ASV
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
DARBY
Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!
BLB
And he lifted up his oracle and said, “Rise up, O Balak, and hear; give ear to me, O son of Zippor!

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  • Judges 3:20

    Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

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