God’s Word Translation
Numbers 22:14
14So the Moabite princes went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
Numbers 22:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
- New International Version (NIV)So the Moabite officials returned to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
Context of Numbers 22:14
12But God said to Balaam, “Don’t go with them! Don’t curse these people, because they are blessed.” 13When Balaam got up in the morning, he said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your own country, because the Lord has refused to let me go with you.” So the Moabite princes went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.” 15Balak sent a larger group of more highly respected princes. 16When they came to Balaam, they said to him, “This is what Balak, son of Zippor, says: Don’t let anything keep you from coming to me.
Read all of Numbers 22Numbers 22:14 word by word
וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙ שָׂרֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אֶל־בָּלָ֑ק וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מֵאֵ֥ן בִּלְעָ֖ם הֲלֹ֥ךְ עִמָּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
- of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
- rose upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- and they wentבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- unto Balakבָּלָקbâlâq · BalakH1111
- and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Balaamבִּלְעָםbil‛âm · BalaamH1109
- refusethמָאֵןmâ'ên · to refuseH3985
- to comeהָלַךְhâlak · to go: comeH1980
Cross-references for Numbers 22:14
Commentaries on Numbers 22:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Balaam refuseth to come with us - "Observe," says Mr. Ainsworth, "Satan's practice against God's word, seeking to lessen the same, and that from hand to hand, till he bring it to naught. Balaam told the princes less than God told him, and they relate to Balak less than Balaam told them; so that when the answer came to the king of Moab, it was not the word of God, but the word of man; it was simply, Balaam refuseth to come, without ever intimating that God…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
In the dictionaries
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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