MLV(i)
6 And he returned to him. And behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he and all the rulers of Moab.
7 And he took up his oracle and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the King of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah has not defied? 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him and from the hills I behold him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone and will not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his!
11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether. 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak what Jehovah puts in my mouth?
13 And Balak said to him, I beseech you, come with me to another place, from where you may see them. You will see but the outmost part of them and will not see them all and curse them for me from there. 14 And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah and built seven altars and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.
16 And Jehovah met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, Return to Balak and thus will you speak. 17 And he came to him. And behold, he was standing by his burnt offering and the rulers of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
18 And he took up his oracle and said, Rise up, Balak and hear. Listen to me, you son of Zippor. 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said and will he not do it? Or has he spoken and will he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received to bless. And he has blessed and I cannot reverse it. 21 He has not beheld wickedness in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him and the shout of a king is among them.
22 God brings them forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. 23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God worked!
7 And he took up his oracle and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the King of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah has not defied? 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him and from the hills I behold him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone and will not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his!
11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether. 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak what Jehovah puts in my mouth?
13 And Balak said to him, I beseech you, come with me to another place, from where you may see them. You will see but the outmost part of them and will not see them all and curse them for me from there. 14 And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah and built seven altars and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.
16 And Jehovah met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, Return to Balak and thus will you speak. 17 And he came to him. And behold, he was standing by his burnt offering and the rulers of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
18 And he took up his oracle and said, Rise up, Balak and hear. Listen to me, you son of Zippor. 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said and will he not do it? Or has he spoken and will he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received to bless. And he has blessed and I cannot reverse it. 21 He has not beheld wickedness in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him and the shout of a king is among them.
22 God brings them forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. 23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God worked!