Tree of Life Version
Numbers 23:26
26Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Haven’t I told you, ‘All that Adonai says, I must do?’
Numbers 23:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?
- New International Version (NIV)Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'All that the Lord says, that I must do'?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘All that the Lord speaks, that I must do’?”
Context of Numbers 23:26
24The people rise like a lioness, like a lion who does not rest until he eats his prey and drinks his victim’s blood!” 25Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them or bless them at all!” Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Haven’t I told you, ‘All that Adonai says, I must do?’ 27Balak said to Balaam, “Come with me to another place. Perhaps it will be pleasing to God and you may curse them for me from there.” 28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, overlooking the wasteland.
Read all of Numbers 23Numbers 23:26 word by word
וַיַּ֣עַן בִּלְעָ֔ם וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֶל־בָּלָ֑ק הֲלֹ֗א דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֹת֥וֹ אֶֽעֱשֶֽׂה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 23:26
- Numbers 23:12But in response he said, “Mustn’t I speak whatever Adonai puts into my mouth?”
- Numbers 22:18But Balaam answered Balak’s servants, “Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot cross beyond the mouth of Adonai my God, to do anything small or great!
- Numbers 24:12Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I indeed tell your messengers whom you sent to me saying:
- 1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah said, “As Adonai lives, what Adonai says to me, that will I speak.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:13But Micaiah replied, “As Adonai lives, what my God says that is what I will say.”
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you decide.
- Acts 5:29Peter and the emissaries replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
Commentaries on Numbers 23:26
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-30Verses 11-30 Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessing; and this blessing is both larger and stronger than the former. Men change their minds, and break their words; but God never changes his mind, and therefore never recalls his promise. And when in Scripture he is said to repent, it does not mean any…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-26Balak hoped for different results by changing the location. The exact location of the plateau of Zophim on Pisgah Peak is unknown. Yet, Pisgah is part of the ridge that is above the plains of Moab (Deuteronomy 34:1). It is near Bamoth-baal and Mount Peor (Numbers 22:41; 23:28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do--a remarkable confession that he was divinely constrained to give utterances different from what it was his purpose and inclination to do.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 23
- 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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