Numbers 23:5
“And the Lord put a word in Balaams mouth, and said, Returne vnto Balak, & thus thou shalt speake.”
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Numbers 23:5 Context
3And Balaam said vnto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offring, and I wil goe: peraduenture the Lord will come to meete mee; and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 4And God met Balaam, and he said vnto him, I haue prepared seuen altars, and I haue offered vpon euery altar a bullocke and a ramme. 5And the Lord put a word in Balaams mouth, and said, Returne vnto Balak, & thus thou shalt speake. 6And he returned vnto him, and loe, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, hee, and all the Princes of Moab. 7And he tooke vp his parable, and said, Balak the King of Moab hath brought mee from Aram, out of the mountaines of the East, saying, Come, curse me Iacob, and come, defie Israel.
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And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- King James Version
Then the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
- Basic English Bible
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
- Darby Bible
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- Webster's Bible
Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."
- World English Bible
and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
Then the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
- Basic English Bible
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
- Darby Bible
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
- Webster's Bible
Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."
- World English Bible
and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible