New King James Version
Numbers 22:17
17for I will certainly honor you greatly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”
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 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
15Then Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more honorable than they. 16And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me; for I will certainly honor you greatly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ” 18Then 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 word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. 19Now therefore, please, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.”
Read all of Numbers 22Numbers 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 24:11Now therefore, flee to your place. I said I would greatly honor you, but in fact, the Lord has kept you back from honor.”
- Deuteronomy 16:9“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain.
- Esther 5:11Then Haman told them of his great riches, the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king.
- Esther 7:9Now Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, “Look! The gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good on the king’s behalf, is standing at the house of Haman.” Then the king said, “Hang him on it!”
- Matthew 4:8Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
- Matthew 16:26For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Numbers 23:2And Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
- Matthew 14:7Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
- Numbers 22:6Therefore please come at once, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall 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
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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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