Numbers 22:17

Numbers 22:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)because I will reward you handsomely and do whatever you say. Come and put a curse on these people for me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Come, curse this people for me.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)for I will certainly honor you greatly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”

Context of Numbers 22:17

15Then Balak sent other officers to speak to Balaam. These officers were even more important than the first group, and there were more of them. 16They said to Balaam, ‘King Balak says, “Do not let anything stop you from coming to me. I will certainly make you rich and famous. I will do for you anything that you want. So please come and curse these people for me.” ’ 18Balaam said to them, ‘No, I will only do what the Lord tells me. I can do no more than that, and no less. Even if Balak gives me his house, all his gold and all his silver, I will only do what the Lord says. 19Stay here tonight, as the other men did. I will talk to the Lord and see if he has anything more to tell me.’

Numbers 22:17 word by word

כִּֽי־כַבֵּ֤ד אֲכַבֶּדְךָ֙ מְאֹ֔ד וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאמַ֥ר אֵלַ֖י אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֑ה וּלְכָה־נָּא֙ קָֽבָה־לִּ֔י אֵ֖ת הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I will promoteכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
• thee unto very greatמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• and I will doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• whatsoever thou sayestאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto me: comeיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• therefore, I pray thee, curseקָבַבqâbab · to curseH6895
• me this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Numbers 22:17

• Numbers 24:11So go home now. I said that I would pay you very well. But the Lord has stopped me from giving you anything.’
• Deuteronomy 16:9Count seven weeks from the first day that you bring in crops of grain from your fields.
• Esther 5:11Haman told them how rich he was, and how many sons he had. He told them of all the things that the king had done to give him great honour. He told them that he was now more important than all the king's other rulers and officers.
• Esther 7:9One of the king's eunuchs, Harbona, said, ‘There is a wooden tower near Haman's home. It is 22 metres high. His men built it so that he could hang Mordecai on it. Mordecai is the man who saved the king's life.’ The king said, ‘Hang Haman on the tower until he is dead.’
• Matthew 4:8Then the Devil led Jesus up a very high mountain. He showed Jesus all the countries in the whole world. They were very great and beautiful.
• Matthew 16:26A person may get everything in the whole world for himself. But if he loses his life, it will not be any good for him. There is nothing that a person can give to get back his life.
• Numbers 23:2Balak did this. Balaam and Balak then offered a bull and a male sheep on each altar as a sacrifice.
• Matthew 14:7He said to the girl, ‘Ask me for anything that you want. I make a strong promise that I will give it to you.’
• Numbers 22:6They are more powerful than I am. Come here and put a curse on them. If you do that, maybe I will win against them. Then I can chase them away from our land. I know that you have the authority to bless people or to curse them.’

Commentaries on Numbers 22:17

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 A second embassy was sent to Balaam. It were well for us, if we were as earnest and constant in prosecuting a good work, notwithstanding disappointments. Balak laid a bait, not only for Balaam's covetousness, but for his pride and ambition. How earnestly should we beg of God daily to mortify such desires in us! Thus sinners stick at no pains, spare no cost, and care not how low they stoop, to gratify their luxury, or their malice. Shall we…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. 1-201. Israel ... pitched in the plains of Moab--so called from having formerly belonged to that people, though wrested from them by Sihon. It was a dry, sunken, desert region on the east of the Jordan valley, opposite Jericho.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 22:17

• Balak
• Decision
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Crush
• Curse
• Lick
• Promote
• Abel-Shittim
• Angel
• Ass
• Balaam
• Balak
• Canon of the Old Testament

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