Numbers 22:28

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“Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?””

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BSBPD

“Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jehovah openeth the mouth of the ass, and she saith to Balaam, `What have I done to thee that thou hast smitten me these three times?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 22:28 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 4:11And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  2. Luke 1:37For no word from God will ever fail.”
  3. Romans 8:22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
  5. 2 Peter 2:16But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.

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