Joshua 24:10

⁸ And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

⁹ Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

¹¹ And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

¹² And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

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: but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
KJV: But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
WEB: but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.
ASV: but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
DARBY: but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.
BLB: And I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he blessed you⁺ again and again. And I delivered you⁺ out of his hand.

ÅB: Men jeg ville ikke høre på Bileam, og han måtte velsigne dere, og jeg frelste dere av hans hånd.
OTB: Men jeg ville ikke høre på Bileam, så han velsignet dere gjentatte ganger, og jeg reddet dere fra hans hånd.
B1930: Men jeg vilde ikke høre på Bileam, og han måtte velsigne eder, og jeg frelste eder av hans hånd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 23:5
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
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Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
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Numbers 24:5–10
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
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Numbers 22:35
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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Numbers 22:11–12
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
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Numbers 23:3–12
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
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Numbers 23:15–26
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.
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Numbers 22:18–20
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
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