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.”
• 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.’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will pay you very well and do whatever you tell me. Just come and curse these people for me!”

Context of Numbers 22:17

15Once again Balak sent princes, more in number and more honorable than these. 16And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: 'Let nothing hinder you from coming to me, for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Come, curse this people for me.'" 18But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more. 19So you, too, please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to 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 24:11Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, 'I will certainly honor you,' but the Lord has held you back from honor."
• Deuteronomy 16:9"You shall count seven weeks. Begin to count the seven weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.
• Esther 5:11And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.
• Esther 7:9Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, "Moreover, the gallows that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, is standing at Haman's house, fifty cubits high." And the king said, "Hang him on that."
• Matthew 4:8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
• Matthew 16:26For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
• Numbers 23:2Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
• Matthew 14:7so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
• Numbers 22:6Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."

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