Numbers 23:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.”

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BSBPD

“I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I <FI>can<Fi> not reverse it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 23:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
  2. Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
  3. Numbers 6:27So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
  4. Numbers 22:12But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
  5. Numbers 22:18But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
  6. Numbers 22:38“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
  7. 1 Chronicles 17:27So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
  8. Isaiah 43:13Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
  9. John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
  10. Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
  11. 1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

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