Numbers 23:8

8 “How jshall I curse whom God has not cursed?

And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

Numbers 23:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

8 How can I curse

those whom God has not cursed?

How can I denounce

those whom the Lord has not denounced?

Numbers 23:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?

How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

Numbers 23:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?

Numbers 23:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

8 But how can I curse those

whom God has not cursed?

How can I condemn those

whom the Lord has not condemned?

Numbers 23:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

8 But God has not cursed them,

so I cannot curse them.

The Lord has not called down evil on them,

so I cannot call down evil on them.

Numbers 23:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?

And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

Numbers 23:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

8 How shall I curse whom •God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?

Numbers 23:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

8 How can I curse those whom God hasn’t cursed?

How can I condemn those whom the Lord hasn’t condemned?

Numbers 23:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

8 How can I curse someone God has not cursed?

How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?

Numbers 23:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?

How can I denounce those whom the Lord has not denounced?

Numbers 23:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed,

and how can I denounce whom Yahweh has not denounced?

Numbers 23:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

8 But how can I put a curse on

people God hasn’t cursed?

How can I speak against

people the Lord hasn’t spoken against?

Numbers 23:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

8 “How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?

And how can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

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