American Standard Version
Numbers 22:12
12And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.
Numbers 22:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
- New International Version (NIV)But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
Context of Numbers 22:12
10And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out. And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed. 13And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 14And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
Read all of Numbers 22Numbers 22:12 word by word
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־בִּלְעָ֔ם לֹ֥א תֵלֵ֖ךְ עִמָּהֶ֑ם לֹ֤א תָאֹר֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם כִּ֥י בָר֖וּךְ הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Numbers 22:12
- Numbers 22:20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.
- Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;
- Matthew 27:19And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
- Numbers 22:19Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.
- Numbers 23:3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.
- Micah 6:5O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; remember from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
- Numbers 23:20Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
- Genesis 12:2and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing:
- Genesis 22:16and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
- Deuteronomy 23:5Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.
- Deuteronomy 33:29Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
- Psalms 144:15Happy is the people that is in such a case; Yea, happy is the people whose God is Jehovah.
- Psalms 146:5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
- Romans 4:6Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works,
- Romans 11:29For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
- Ephesians 1:3Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:
Commentaries on Numbers 22:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people - That is, Thou shalt not go with them to curse the people. With them he might go, as we find he afterwards did by God's own command, but not to curse the people; this was wholly forbidden. Probably the command, Thou shalt not go, refers here to that time, viz., the first invitation: and in this sense it was most punctually obeyed by Balaam; see Numbers 22:13.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-18God commanded Balaam not to go with Balak's messengers.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-148-14. Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak unto me, &c.--God usually revealed His will in visions and dreams; and Balaam's birth and residence in Mesopotamia, where the remains of patriarchal religion still lingered, account for his knowledge of the true God. His real character has long been a subject of discussion. Some, judging from his language, have thought him a saint; others, looking to his conduct, have…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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