< Numbers 22 >

1 and to set out son: descendant/people Israel and to camp in/on/with Plains (of Moab) (Plains of) Moab from side: beyond to/for Jordan Jericho
Then did the sons of Israel break up, —and encamp in the waste plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho.
2 and to see: see Balak son: child Zippor [obj] all which to make: do Israel to/for Amorite
And Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done unto the Amorites;
3 and to dread Moab from face: because [the] people much for many he/she/it and to loathe Moab from face: because son: descendant/people Israel
and Moab shrank with great fear from the presence of the people because, many, they were, —and Moab was alarmed at the presence of the sons of Israel.
4 and to say Moab to(wards) old: elder Midian now to lick [the] assembly [obj] all around us like/as to lick [the] cattle [obj] green [the] land: country and Balak son: child Zippor king to/for Moab in/on/with time [the] he/she/it
So Moab said unto the elders of Midian—Now, shall the gathered host lick up all that are round about us, as the ox doth lick up the verdure of the field. But, Balak son of Zippor, was king unto Moab at that time.
5 and to send: depart messenger to(wards) Balaam son: child Beor Pethor [to] which upon [the] River land: country/planet son: descendant/people people his to/for to call: call to to/for him to/for to say behold people to come out: come from Egypt behold to cover [obj] eye: before(the eyes) [the] land: country/planet and he/she/it to dwell from opposite me
So he sent messengers unto Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor which was by the river of the land of the sons of his people to call him, —saying Lo! a people, hath come forth out of Egypt Lo! he hath covered the eye of the land, Yea he, is tarrying over against me.
6 and now to go: come! [emph?] please to curse [emph?] to/for me [obj] [the] people [the] this for mighty he/she/it from me perhaps be able to smite in/on/with him and to drive out: drive out him from [the] land: country/planet for to know [obj] which to bless to bless and which to curse to curse
Now, therefore, do come, I pray thee curse me this people. For stronger, he is than I, If peradventure I prevail, we shall smite him, That I may drive him out of the land, —For I know that, he whom thou dost bless, is to be blessed, And, he whom thou dost curse, is to be cursed.
7 and to go: went old: elder Moab and old: elder Midian and divination in/on/with hand: power their and to come (in): come to(wards) Balaam and to speak: speak to(wards) him word Balak
And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went their way, with the rewards of divination in their hand, —so they came in unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
8 and to say to(wards) them to lodge here [the] night and to return: return [obj] you word like/as as which to speak: speak LORD to(wards) me and to dwell ruler Moab with Balaam
And he said unto them—Tarry ye here for the night, and I will bring you back word, as Yahweh shall speak unto me. So the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
9 and to come (in): come God to(wards) Balaam and to say who? [the] human [the] these with you
And God came in unto Balaam, —and said, Who are these men with thee?
10 and to say Balaam to(wards) [the] God Balak son: child Zippor king Moab to send: depart to(wards) me
Then said Balaam unto God, —Balak, son of Zippor king of Moab, hath sent unto me:
11 behold [the] people [the] to come out: come from Egypt and to cover [obj] eye: before(the eyes) [the] land: country/planet now to go: come! [emph?] to curse [emph?] to/for me [obj] him perhaps be able to/for to fight in/on/with him and to drive out: drive out him
Lo! the people that hath come forth out of Egypt—he covereth the eye of the land. Now, do come, do revile me him, Peradventure I shall prevail in making war with him, And shall drive him out.
12 and to say God to(wards) Balaam not to go: went with them not to curse [obj] [the] people for to bless he/she/it
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them, —Thou shalt not curse the people, For blessed, he is.
13 and to arise: rise Balaam in/on/with morning and to say to(wards) ruler Balak to go: went to(wards) land: country/planet your for to refuse LORD to/for to give: allow me to/for to go: went with you
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your own land, —For Yahweh hath refused to let me go with you.
14 and to arise: rise ruler Moab and to come (in): come to(wards) Balak and to say to refuse Balaam to go: come with us
So the princes of Moab arose, and came in unto Balak, —and said, Balaam refused to come with us.
15 and to add: again still Balak to send: depart ruler many and to honor: honour from these
Then added Balak again, —to send princes, more and weightier than these.
16 and to come (in): come to(wards) Balaam and to say to/for him thus to say Balak son: child Zippor not please to withhold from to go: come to(wards) me
And they came in unto Balaam, —and said unto him—Thus, said Balak son of Zippor, Do not be withheld, I pray thee from coming unto me:
17 for to honor: honour to honor: honour you much and all which to say to(wards) me to make: do and to go: come! [emph?] please to curse [emph?] to/for me [obj] [the] people [the] this
For I will honour, thee, exceedingly, and all that thou shalt say unto me, will I do. Do come therefore I pray thee oh revile me this people.
18 and to answer Balaam and to say to(wards) servant/slave Balak if to give: give to/for me Balak fullness house: home his silver: money and gold not be able to/for to pass: trespass [obj] lip: word LORD God my to/for to make: do small or great: large
And Balaam responded and said unto the servants of Balak, Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
19 and now to dwell please in/on/with this also you(m. p.) [the] night and to know what? to add LORD to speak: speak with me
Now, therefore abide here, I pray you even ye, —for the night, —that I may get to know what further Yahweh may be speaking with me.
20 and to come (in): come God to(wards) Balaam night and to say to/for him if to/for to call: call to to/for you to come (in): come [the] human to arise: rise to go: went with them and surely [obj] [the] word which to speak: speak to(wards) you [obj] him to make: do
And God came in unto Balaam, by night, and said unto him—If, to call thee, the men have come in, arise go with them, —But only, the thing that I shall speak unto thee, that, shalt thou do.
21 and to arise: rise Balaam in/on/with morning and to saddle/tie [obj] she-ass his and to go: went with ruler Moab
So Balaam arose in the morning, and saddled his ass, —and went with the princes of Moab.
22 and to be incensed face: anger God for to go: went he/she/it and to stand messenger: angel LORD in/on/with way: journey to/for Satan to/for him and he/she/it to ride upon she-ass his and two youth his with him
Then kindled the anger of God, because he was going, and the messenger of Yahweh stationed himself in the way, to withstand him, —as he was riding upon his ass, his two young men being with him.
23 and to see: see [the] she-ass [obj] messenger: angel LORD to stand in/on/with way: road and sword his to draw in/on/with hand: power his and to stretch [the] she-ass from [the] way: road and to go: went in/on/with land: country and to smite Balaam [obj] [the] she-ass to/for to stretch her [the] way: road
And the ass saw the messenger of Yahweh stationed in the road with his drawn sword in his hand, so the ass turned aside out of the road and went into the field, —and Balaam smote the ass, to make her turn back into the road.
24 and to stand: stand messenger: angel LORD in/on/with passage [the] vineyard wall from this and wall from this
But the messenger of Yahweh took his stand, in a hollow pass of the vineyards, —with a fence on this side, and a fence on that side.
25 and to see: see [the] she-ass [obj] messenger: angel LORD and to oppress to(wards) [the] wall and to oppress [obj] foot Balaam to(wards) [the] wall and to add: again to/for to smite her
And when the ass saw the messenger of Yahweh, she squeezed herself against the wall, and squeezed the foot of Balaam against the wall, —and again he smote her.
26 and to add messenger: angel LORD to pass and to stand: stand in/on/with place narrow which nothing way: journey to/for to stretch right and left
And the messenger of Yahweh went on further, and took his stand in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn to the right hand or to the left.
27 and to see: see [the] she-ass [obj] messenger: angel LORD and to stretch underneath: under Balaam and to be incensed face: anger Balaam and to smite [obj] [the] she-ass in/on/with rod
And, when the ass saw the messenger of Yahweh, she sank down under Balaam, —then was Balaam’s anger kindled, and he smote the ass with the staff.
28 and to open LORD [obj] lip [the] she-ass and to say to/for Balaam what? to make: do to/for you for to smite me this three foot
And Yahweh opened the mouth of the ass, —and she said unto Balaam—What have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me, these three times?
29 and to say Balaam to/for she-ass for to abuse in/on/with me if there sword in/on/with hand my for now to kill you
And Balaam said unto the ass, Surely thou hast been making sport of me, —Would there had been a sword in my hand, for, now, would I have slain thee.
30 and to say [the] she-ass to(wards) Balaam not I she-ass your which to ride upon me from still your till [the] day [the] this be useful be useful to/for to make: do to/for you thus and to say not
Then said the ass unto Balaam—Am not I thine own ass on which thou hast ridden all thy life, until this day? Have I, been wont, to do unto thee, thus? And he said, Nay!
31 and to reveal: uncover LORD [obj] eye Balaam and to see: see [obj] messenger: angel LORD to stand in/on/with way: journey and sword his to draw in/on/with hand his and to bow and to bow to/for face his
Then did Yahweh unveil the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the messenger of Yahweh stationed in the road, with his sword drawn in his hand, —so he bent his head and bowed down before him.
32 and to say to(wards) him messenger: angel LORD upon what? to smite [obj] she-ass your this three foot behold I to come out: come to/for Satan for to push [the] way: conduct to/for before me
And the messenger of Yahweh said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass, these three times? Lo! I, myself, am come forth to withstand thee, because headlong was thy way before me.
33 and to see: see me [the] she-ass and to stretch to/for face: before my this three foot perhaps to stretch from face: before my for now also [obj] you to kill and [obj] her to live
And the ass hath seen me, and hath turned aside at my presence these three times: Unless she had turned aside from my presence, yea now even thee, had I slain, but, her, had I suffered to live.
34 and to say Balaam to(wards) messenger: angel LORD to sin for not to know for you(m. s.) to stand to/for to encounter: toward me in/on/with way: road and now if be evil in/on/with eye: seeing your to return: return to/for me
Then said Balaam unto the messenger of Yahweh—I have sinned, for I knew not, that, thou, wast stationed to meet me in the road, —Now, therefore, if it be displeasing in thine eyes, I must get me back again.
35 and to say messenger: angel LORD to(wards) Balaam to go: went with [the] human and end [obj] [the] word which to speak: speak to(wards) you [obj] him to speak: speak and to go: went Balaam with ruler Balak
And the messenger of Yahweh said unto Balaam—Go with the men: Only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that, shalt thou speak. So Balaam went his way with the princes of Balak.
36 and to hear: hear Balak for to come (in): come Balaam and to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet him to(wards) city Moab which upon border: boundary Arnon which in/on/with end [the] border: boundary
And Balak heard that Balaam, was coming, —so he went forth to meet him unto a city of Moab which was upon the boundary of Arnon, which was in the utmost part of the boundary.
37 and to say Balak to(wards) Balaam not to send: depart to send: depart to(wards) you to/for to call: call to to/for you to/for what? not to go: come to(wards) me truly not be able to honor: honour you
And Balak said unto Balaam: Did I not, send, unto thee, to call thee? Wherefore didst thou not come unto me? Am I not in very deed, able to honour thee?
38 and to say Balaam to(wards) Balak behold to come (in): come to(wards) you now be able be able to speak: speak anything [the] word which to set: put God in/on/with lip my [obj] him to speak: speak
And Balaam said unto Balak—Lo! I am come unto thee, Now, can, I, possibly, promise anything? The word that God shall put in my mouth, that, must I speak.
39 and to go: went Balaam with Balak and to come (in): come Kiriath-huzoth Kiriath-huzoth
So Balaam went with Balak, —and they entered Kiriath-huzoth.
40 and to sacrifice Balak cattle and flock and to send: depart to/for Balaam and to/for ruler which with him
And Balak sacrificed herd and flock, —and sent unto Balaam, and unto the princes that were with him.
41 and to be in/on/with morning and to take: take Balak [obj] Balaam and to ascend: establish him Bamoth (Bamoth)-baal and to see: see from there end [the] people
And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up the high places of Baal, —and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.

< Numbers 22 >