Numbers 22:15
13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
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
And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
Read in contextNumbers 22:7–8
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
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