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Numbers 22:37
37“Didn’t I send you an urgent invitation? Why didn’t you come right away?” Balak asked Balaam. “Didn’t you believe me when I said I would reward you richly?”
Numbers 22:37 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
- New International Version (NIV)Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not earnestly send to you, calling for you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
Context of Numbers 22:37
35But the angel of the Lord told Balaam, “Go with these men, but say only what I tell you to say.” So Balaam went on with Balak’s officials. 36When King Balak heard that Balaam was on the way, he went out to meet him at a Moabite town on the Arnon River at the farthest border of his land. “Didn’t I send you an urgent invitation? Why didn’t you come right away?” Balak asked Balaam. “Didn’t you believe me when I said I would reward you richly?” 38Balaam replied, “Look, now I have come, but I have no power to say whatever I want. I will speak only the message that God puts in my mouth.” 39Then Balaam accompanied Balak to Kiriath-huzoth,
Read all of Numbers 22Numbers 22:37 word by word
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר בָּלָ֜ק אֶל־בִּלְעָ֗ם הֲלֹא֩ שָׁלֹ֨חַ שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ לִקְרֹא־לָ֔ךְ לָ֥מָּה לֹא־הָלַ֖כְתָּ אֵלָ֑י הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם לֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל כַּבְּדֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Balakבָּלָקbâlâq · BalakH1111
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- unto Balaamבִּלְעָםbil‛âm · BalaamH1109
- Did I not earnestlyשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- unto thee to callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
- thee? wherefore camestהָלַךְhâlak · to go: comeH1980
- thou not unto me? am I not ableיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
- indeedאֻמְנָם'ûmnâm · trulyH552
- to promote thee to honourכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
Cross-references for Numbers 22:37
- Numbers 22:16They 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 24:11Now get out of here! Go back home! I promised to reward you richly, but the Lord has kept you from your reward.”
- Psalms 75:6For no one on earth—from east or west, or even from the wilderness— should raise a defiant fist.
- Matthew 4:8Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
- Luke 4:6“I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please.
- John 5:44No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don’t care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God.
Commentaries on Numbers 22:37
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 36-41Verses 36-41 Balak has now nothing to complain of, but that Balaam did not come sooner. Balaam bids Balak not depend too much upon him. He seems to speak with vexation; but is really as desirous to please Balak, as ever he had pretended to be to please God. See what need we have to pray every day, Our Father which art in heaven, lead us not into temptation. Let us be jealous over our own hearts, seeing how far men may go in the knowledge of God, and yet…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37Balak thought Balaam did not understand how urgent the situation was nor how great the offered payment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 36-3736-37. when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him--Politeness requires that the higher the rank of the expected guest, greater distance is to be gone to welcome his arrival.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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