Numbers 22:14

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 told Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse these people, for they have been blessed!” 13The next morning Balaam got up and told Balak’s officials, “Go on home! The Lord will not let me go with you.” So the Moabite officials returned to King Balak and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.” 15Then Balak tried again. This time he sent a larger number of even more distinguished officials than those he had sent the first time. 16They went to Balaam and delivered this message to him: “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please don’t let anything stop you from coming to help me.

Numbers 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

• Numbers 22:13The next morning Balaam got up and told Balak’s officials, “Go on home! The Lord will not let me go with you.”

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

• Balaam
• Moab
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Crush
• Curse
• Lick
• Promote
• Abel-Shittim
• Angel

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