Verse 20
Numbers 23:20
Young's Literal Translation
20
Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can] not reverse it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִנֵּ֥ה בָרֵ֖ךְ לָקָ֑חְתִּי וּ/בֵרֵ֖ךְ וְ/לֹ֥א אֲשִׁיבֶֽ/נָּה
English Translation
Behold, I have taken a blessing, and I will not return it.
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Chapter 23 Context
1
And Balaam saith unto Balak, 'Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in th...
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And Balak doth as Balaam hath spoken, and Balak -- Balaam also -- offereth a bullock and a ram on th...
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and Balaam saith to Balak, 'Station thyself by thy burnt-offering and I go on, it may be Jehovah dot...
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And God (Elohim) cometh unto Balaam, and he saith unto Him, 'The seven altars I have arranged, and I...
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and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou d...
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And he turneth back unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, he and all the princes o...
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And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'From Aram he doth lead me -- Balak king of Moab; From mount...
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8
What -- do I pierce? -- God (Elohim) hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath n...
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9
For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth taberna...
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10
Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of...
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And Balak saith unto Balaam, 'What hast thou done to me? to pierce mine enemies I have taken thee --...
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and he answereth and saith, 'That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth -- it do I not take heed to spe...
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And Balak saith unto him, 'Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou dost see it, o...
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and he taketh him [to] the field of Zophim, unto the top of Pisgah, and buildeth seven altars, and o...
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And he saith unto Balak, 'Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet [Him] there;'
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and Jehovah cometh unto Balaam, and setteth a word in his mouth, and saith, 'Turn back unto Balak, a...
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And he cometh unto him, and lo, he is standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with h...
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And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!
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God (Elohim) [is] not a man -- and lieth, And a son of man -- and repenteth! Hath He said -- and dot...
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Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can] not reverse it.
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He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God (Eloh...
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God (Elohim) is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;
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For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jaco...
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Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he e...
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And Balak saith unto Balaam, 'Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;'
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and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, 'Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah sp...
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And Balak saith unto Balaam, 'Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is rig...
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And Balak taketh Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,
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and Balaam saith unto Balak, 'Build for me in this [place] seven altars, and make ready for me in th...
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and Balak doth as Balaam said, and he offereth a bullock and a ram on an altar.
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