Numbers 22:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.””
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“That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And God cometh in unto Balaam, by night, and saith to him, `If to call for thee the men have come, rise, go with them, and only the thing which I speak unto thee--it thou dost do.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 22:20 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 22:35But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
- Numbers 23:5Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
- Numbers 23:12But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
- Numbers 23:16And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
- Numbers 23:26But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
- Numbers 24:13that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says.
- 1 Samuel 8:5“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
- 1 Samuel 12:12But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
- Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Psalms 78:30Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
- Psalms 81:12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
- Isaiah 37:29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- Ezekiel 14:2And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Hosea 13:11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
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