Numbers 22:17 — Bible Verse (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.”
Numbers 22:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Numbers 22:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Numbers 22:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’””
Numbers 22:17 — World English Bible
Numbers 22:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. ”
Numbers 22:17 — American Standard Version
Numbers 22:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for very greatly I honour thee, and all that thou sayest unto me I do; and come, I pray thee, pierce for me this people.'”
Numbers 22:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 22:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“for very highly will I honour thee, and whatever thou shalt say to me will I do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. ”
Numbers 22:17 — Darby Translation
Numbers 22:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For I wil promote thee vnto great honour, and wil do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.”
Numbers 22:17 — Geneva Bible
Numbers 22:17 in Context — Numbers 22
15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
16 And 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:
17 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.
18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.
What Does Numbers 22:17 Mean?
Numbers 22:17 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 22. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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