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 representatives once again, more numerous and more distinguished than the previous. 16They came to Balaam and said to him, “This is what Balak the son of Zippor says: ‘I beg you, let nothing keep you from coming to me; for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you tell me. Please come then, curse this people for me.’” 18But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, contrary to the command of the Lord my God. 19Now please, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else 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

• for I will indeedכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
• you richlyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• and I will doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• whateverכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• whateverאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you tellאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• comeהָלַךְhâlak · to go: come!H1980
• then, curseקָבַבqâbab · to curseH6895
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Numbers 22:17

• Numbers 24:11So flee to your place now. I said I would honor you greatly, but behold, the Lord has held you back from honor.”
• Deuteronomy 16:9“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain.
• Esther 5:11Then Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and his many sons, and every occasion on which the king had honored him and how he had promoted him above the officials and servants of the king.
• Esther 7:9Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who stood before the king, said, “Indeed, behold, the wooden gallows standing at Haman’s house fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good in behalf of the king!” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”
• Matthew 4:8Again, the devil took Him along to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;
• Matthew 16:26For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul?
• Numbers 23:2Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
• Matthew 14:7so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
• Numbers 22:6Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of 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