Numbers 22:15
13 So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
14 And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.
16 They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
17 for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.
- KJV
- And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
- WEB
- Balak again sent princes, more, and more honorable than they.
- ASV
- And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
- DARBY
- Then sent Balak yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
- BLB
- And Balak yet added to send princes, more numerous and more honorable than these.
- ÅB
- Da sendte Balak andre høvdinger, flere og gjævere enn de første.
- OTB
- Balak sendte andre tjenestemenn, flere og mer ansette enn de første.
- B1930
- Da sendte Balak andre høvdinger, flere og gjævere enn de første.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 10:7–8
When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
Read in contextNumbers 22:7–8
The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
Read in context