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

15Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first. 16And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not let anything hinder you from coming to me. For I will honor you greatly, and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.’” 18Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the Lord my God to do less or more. 19Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might 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 24:11So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you; but now the Lord has stood in the way of your honor.”
• Deuteronomy 16:9You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.
• Esther 5:11Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king’s other officials and servants.
• Esther 7:9Harbona, one of the king’s eunuchs, said, “Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out in the king’s behalf. It stands near Haman’s home and is seventy-five feet high.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
• Matthew 4:8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur.
• Matthew 16:26For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
• Numbers 23:2So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
• Matthew 14:7so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
• Numbers 22:6So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever 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