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Numbers 23:7

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7He took up his 1discourse and said,

“From aAram Balak has brought me,

Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,

‘bCome curse Jacob for me,

And come, denounce Israel!’

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit parable

Cross references

  1. aNum 22:5; Deut 23:4
  2. bNum 22:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Balaam took up his discourse and said,

“From Aram Balak has brought me,

the king of Moab from the eastern mountains:

‘Come, curse Jacob for me,

and come, denounce Israel!’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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!”

NLTNew Living Translation

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.’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.’

KJV 1900King James Version

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.