Numbers 22:37
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?”
In other translations
And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559בָּלָקbalakBalakH1111אֶל־'el-toH413בִּלְעָםbil'amBalaamH1109הֲלֹאhalo'¿ notH3808שָׁלֹחַshaloachcertainly <to send>H7971שָׁלַחְתִּיshalachtidid I sendH7971אֵלֶיךָ'eleikhato youH413לִקְרֹא־likro'-to summonH7121לָךְlakh<to> <the> youלָמָּהlamah<to> why?H4100לֹא־lo'-notH3808הָלַכְתָּhalakhtadid you comeH1980אֵלָי'elaito meH413הַאֻמְנָםha'umnam¿ reallyH552לֹאlo'notH3808אוּכַל'ukhalam I ableH3201כַּבְּדֶךָ׃kabedekhato honor youH3513
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Numbers 24:11Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”
- John 5:44How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- Psalm 75:6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,
- Matthew 4:8-98 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 “All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”
- Luke 4:6And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.
- Numbers 22:16-1716 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: 17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.16 They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me, 17 for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
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