Numbers 23:8
“How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defie, whom the Lord hath not defied?”
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Numbers 23:8 Context
6And he returned vnto him, and loe, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, hee, and all the Princes of Moab. 7And he tooke vp his parable, and said, Balak the King of Moab hath brought mee from Aram, out of the mountaines of the East, saying, Come, curse me Iacob, and come, defie Israel. 8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defie, whom the Lord hath not defied? 9For from the top of the rockes I see him, and from the hilles I behold him: loe, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not bee reckoned among the nations. 10Who can count the dust of Iacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let mee die the death of the righteous, & let my last end be like his.
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How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?
- King James Version
"How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
- American Standard Version (1901)
How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?
- Basic English Bible
How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?
- Darby Bible
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
- Webster's Bible
How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
- World English Bible
What -- do I pierce? -- God hath not pierced! And what -- am I indignant? -- Jehovah hath not been indignant!
- Youngs Literal Bible
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I execrate, whom the LORD hath not execrated?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible