Numbers 22:32
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And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
In other translations
And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֵלָיו'elavto himH413מַלְאַךְmal'akh[the] angel ofH4397יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068עַל־'al-concerningH5921מָהmahwhat?H4100הִכִּיתָhikitadid you strikeH5221אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲתֹנְךָ'atonekhafemale donkey yourH860זֶהzehthisH2088שָׁלוֹשׁshalooshthreeH7969רְגָלִיםregalimfeetH7272הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595יָצָאתִיyatzatiI came outH3318לְשָׂטָןlesatanto an adversaryH7854כִּי־ki-forH3588יָרַטyaratit is precipitateH3399הַדֶּרֶךְhaderekhthe wayH1870לְנֶגְדִּי׃lenegdito before meH5048
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Related verses
- Numbers 22:22And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
- Proverbs 28:18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
- Acts 13:10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
- Proverbs 14:2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.
- Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
- Deuteronomy 25:4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
- Numbers 22:28And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
- Psalm 147:9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
- Exodus 3:2-62 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed. 3 So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?” 4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered. 5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
- Jonah 4:11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
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