Numbers 23:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?”
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“How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?”
King James Version · Public Domain“How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“What--do I pierce? --God hath not pierced! And what--am I indignant? --Jehovah hath not been indignant!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 23:8 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 22:12But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
- Numbers 23:20I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
- Numbers 23:23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
- Proverbs 26:2Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
- Isaiah 44:25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
- Isaiah 47:12So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
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