Numbers 23:8
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How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
In other translations
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Numbers 23:23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
- Isaiah 44:25That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
- Numbers 23:20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
- Numbers 22:12And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
- Isaiah 47:12-1312 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.12 So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror! 13 You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
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