New American Standard Bible 1995

Numbers 23:18-21

18Then he tookוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375up hisdiscourseמְשָׁל֖וֹme.sha.LoH4912and saidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559, “Ariseק֤וּםkumH6965,O Balakבָּלָק֙ba.LakH1111,and hearוּֽשֲׁמָ֔עu.sha.Ma'H8085;Giveהַאֲזִ֥ינָהha.'a.Zi.nahH238earH238to me, O sonבְּנ֥וֹbe.NoH1121of Zipporצִפֹּֽר׃tzi.PorH6834!

19Godאֵל֙'elH410is not a manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376,that He should lieוִֽיכַזֵּ֔בvi.kha.ZevH3576,NorH3808a sonוּבֶן־u.ven-H1121of manאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120,that He should repentוְיִתְנֶחָ֑םve.yit.ne.ChamH5162;Has He saidאָמַר֙'a.MarH559,and will He not doיַעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.SehH6213it?Or has He spokenוְדִבֶּ֖רve.di.BerH1696,and will He not makeH6965it goodH6965?

20Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009,I have receivedלָקָ֑חְתִּיla.Ka.che.tiH3947a commandto blessבָרֵ֖ךְva.RekhH1288;When He has blessedוּבֵרֵ֖ךְu.ve.RekhH1288, thenI cannotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808revokeאֲשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃'a.shi.Ve.nahH7725it.

21He has not observedהִבִּ֥יטhi.BitH5027misfortuneאָ֙וֶן֙'a.venH205in Jacobבְּיַעֲקֹ֔בbe.ya.'a.KoH3290;NorH3808has He seenרָאָ֥הra.'AhH7200troubleעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478;The Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068his Godאֱלֹהָיו֙'e.lo.HavH430is with him,And the shoutוּתְרוּעַ֥תu.te.ru.'AtH8643of a kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428is among them.

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