Numbers 23:20
“Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: and hee hath blessed, and I cannot reuerse it.”
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Numbers 23:20 Context
18And he tooke vp his parable, and said, Rise vp Balak, & heare; hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor: 19God is not a man that he should lie, neither the sonne of man, that hee should repent: hath he said, and shall he not doe it? or, hath hee spoken, and shall he not make it good? 20Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: and hee hath blessed, and I cannot reuerse it. 21Hee hath not beheld iniquitie in Iacob, neither hath he seene peruersenesse in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shoute of a King is among them. 22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an Unicorne.
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Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
- King James Version
"Behold, I have received {a command} to bless; When He has blessed, then I cannot revoke it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Behold, I have received `commandment' to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
- American Standard Version (1901)
See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.
- Basic English Bible
Behold, I have received [mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
- Darby Bible
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
- Webster's Bible
Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
- World English Bible
Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I [can]not reverse it.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Behold, I am bidden to bless; and when He hath blessed, I cannot call it back.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible