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Numbers 23:7

And Balaam otook up his discourse and said,

“From pAram Balak has brought me,

the king of Moab qfrom the eastern mountains:

‘Come, rcurse Jacob for me,

and come, denounce Israel!’

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Numbers 23:7 — The New International Version (NIV)

Then Balaam spoke his message:

“Balak brought me from Aram,

the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.

‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;

come, denounce Israel.’

Numbers 23:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And he took up his parable, and said,

Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram,

Out of the mountains of the east, saying,

Come, curse me Jacob,

And come, defy Israel.

Numbers 23:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

This was the message Balaam delivered:

“Balak summoned me to come from Aram;

the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.

‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me!

Come and announce Israel’s doom.’

Numbers 23:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And he took up his oracle and said:

“Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram,

From the mountains of the east.

‘Come, curse Jacob for me,

And come, denounce Israel!’

Numbers 23:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

when Balaam gave them this message:

“Balak brought me here from Aram;

the king of Moab brought me from the eastern mountains.

Balak said, ‘Come, put a curse on the people of Jacob for me.

Come, call down evil on the people of Israel.’

Numbers 23:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And he took up his parable, and said,

From Aram hath Balak brought me,

The king of Moab from the mountains of the East:

Come, curse me Jacob,

And come, defy Israel.

Numbers 23:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!

Numbers 23:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Then Balaam delivered this message: 

“Balak brought me from Aram. 

The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains. 

‘Come, curse Jacob for me,’ he said. 

‘Come, condemn Israel.’ 

Numbers 23:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Balak brought me from Aram;

the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:

“Come, put a curse on Jacob for me;

come, denounce Israel!”

Numbers 23:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying:

“Balak has brought me from Aram,

the king of Moab from the eastern mountains:

‘Come, curse Jacob for me;

Come, denounce Israel!’

Numbers 23:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And he lifted up his oracle and said,

“From Aram Balak lead me,

from the mountains of the east the king of Moab,

‘Go for me, curse Jacob,

and go, denounce Israel.’

Numbers 23:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Then Balaam spoke the message he had received from God. He said,

“Balak brought me from the land of Aram.

The king of Moab sent for me from the mountains in the east.

‘Come,’ he said. ‘Put a curse on Jacob’s people for me.

Come. Speak against Israel.’

Numbers 23:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

He took up his discourse and said,

“From Aram Balak has brought me,

Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,

Come curse Jacob for me,

And come, denounce Israel!’


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