Numbers 22:6
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Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
In other translations
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”
Hebrew words
וְעַתָּהve'atahand thereforeH6258לְכָה־lekhah-come !H1980נָּאna'pleaseH4994אָרָה־'arah-curse !H779לִּיlifor <the> meאֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088כִּי־ki-forH3588עָצוּם'atzum[is too] mightyH6099הוּאhu'itH1931מִמֶּנִּיmimenifor meH4480אוּלַי'ulaiperhapsH194אוּכַל'ukhalI will be ableH3201נַכֶּה־nakeh-to strikeH5221בּוֹbo<in> <the> itוַאֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּva'agareshenuand I will drive out itH1644מִן־min-fromH4480הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776כִּיkiforH3588יָדַעְתִּיyada'tiI knowH3045אֵת'et<obj.>H853אֲשֶׁר־'asher-[the one] whomH834תְּבָרֵךְtevarekhyou blessH1288מְבֹרָךְmevorakh[is] blessedH1288וַאֲשֶׁרva'asherand [the one] whomH834תָּאֹרta'oryou curseH779יוּאָר׃yu'arhe is cursedH779
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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