Numbers 23:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.””
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““Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God--to pierce it for me from thence.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 23:27 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 22:6So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
- Numbers 23:13Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Job 23:13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
- Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- Isaiah 14:27The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
- Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
- Malachi 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Romans 11:29For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
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