Numbers 23:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Numbers 23:20 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I <FI>can<Fi> not reverse it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 23:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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.
- Numbers 6:27So they shall put My name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
- Numbers 22:12But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- Isaiah 43:13Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
- John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
- 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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