Revised Literal Translation
Numbers 22:37
37And 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?
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
35And the angel of Yhwh said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 36And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 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? 38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath–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
- 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 22:16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
- Numbers 24:11Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, Yhwh hath kept thee back from honour.
- Psalms 75:6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
- Matthew 4:8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
- Luke 4:6And the devil said unto him, All this authority will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
- John 5:44How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
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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