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Joshua 24:10

'But I would not listen to Balaam. Therefore he had to bless you, so I saved you from Balak's hand.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prayer;   Shechem;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Shechem;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shechem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Balak;   Pillars;   Shechem (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Confessions and Credos;   Covenant;   Ebal;   Joshua;   Joshua, the Book of;   Mission(s);   Shechem;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Shechem;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Balaam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Plagues of Egypt;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shechem;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I rescued you from him.
Hebrew Names Version
but I would not listen to Bil`am; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
King James Version
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Lexham English Bible
but I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he richly blessed you. So I rescued you from his hand,
English Standard Version
but I would not listen to Balaam. Indeed, he blessed you. So I delivered you out of his hand.
New Century Version
but I refused to listen to Balaam. So he asked for good things to happen to you! I saved you and brought you out of his power.
New English Translation
I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.
New American Standard Bible
'But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I saved you from his hand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But I would not heare Balaam: therefore he blessed you, and I deliuered you out of his hand.
Legacy Standard Bible
But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he blessed you repeatedly, and I delivered you from his hand.
Contemporary English Version
But I wouldn't listen to Balaam, and I rescued you by making him bless you instead of curse you.
Complete Jewish Bible
But I refused to listen to Bil‘am, and he actually blessed you. In this way I rescued you from him.
Darby Translation
but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.
Easy-to-Read Version
but I refused to listen to Balaam's prayer. So he asked me to bless you, and I saved you from the enemy.
George Lamsa Translation
But I would not hearken to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still; so I delivered you from his hands.
Good News Translation
But I would not listen to Balaam, so he blessed you, and in this way I rescued you from Balak.
Literal Translation
And I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he greatly blessed you. And I delivered you out of his hand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
neuertheles I wolde not heare him, but I blessed you, and delyuered you out of his hande.
American Standard Version
but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Bible in Basic English
But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But I woulde not hearken vnto Balaam, & therfore he rather blessed you: and so I deliuered you out of his hand.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he even blessed you; so I delivered you out of his hand.
King James Version (1611)
But I would not hearken vnto Balaam, therefore he blessed you still: so I deliuered you out of his hand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the Lord thy God would not destroy thee; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them to us.
English Revised Version
but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Berean Standard Bible
but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y nolde here hym, but ayenward bi hym Y blesside you, and delyuerede you fro hise hondis.
Young's Literal Translation
and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly bless you, and I deliver you out of his hand.
Update Bible Version
but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Webster's Bible Translation
But I would not hearken to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
World English Bible
but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
New King James Version
But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he continued to bless you. So I delivered you out of his hand.
New Living Translation
but I would not listen to him. Instead, I made Balaam bless you, and so I rescued you from Balak.
New Life Bible
But I would not listen to Balaam. So he had to pray for good to come to you. And I saved you from his hand.
New Revised Standard
but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you; so I rescued you out of his hand.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but I was not willing to hearken unto Balaam, - so, he kept on blessing, you, and I rescued you out of his hand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I would not hear him, but on the contrary I blessed you by him, and I delivered you out of his hand.
Revised Standard Version
but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you; so I delivered you out of his hand.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.

Contextual Overview

1Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and for their judges and for their officers; they presented themselves before God. 2Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, 'Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, lived beyond the [Euphrates] River in ancient times; and they served other gods. 3'Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the [Euphrates] River and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants, and I gave him Isaac. 4'To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau, and to Esau I gave [the hill country of] Mount Seir to possess; but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. 5'Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out. 6'Then I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. 7'When they cried out to the LORD [for help], He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness a long time (forty years). 8'Then I brought you into the land of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan, and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land and I destroyed them before you. 9'Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you. 10'But I would not listen to Balaam. Therefore he had to bless you, so I saved you from Balak's hand.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 22:11, Numbers 22:12, Numbers 22:18-20, Numbers 22:35, Numbers 23:3-12, Numbers 23:15-26, Numbers 24:5-10, Isaiah 54:17

Reciprocal: Numbers 24:10 - I called Judges 11:25 - Balak Nehemiah 13:2 - hired Balaam Micah 6:5 - Balak

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together to go from Ur of the Chaldeans into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran [about five hundred and fifty miles northwest of Ur], they settled there.
Genesis 24:2
Abraham said to his servant [Eliezer of Damascus], the oldest of his household, who had charge over all that Abraham owned, "Please, put your hand under my thigh [as is customary for affirming a solemn oath],
Genesis 24:4
but you will [instead] go to my [former] country (Mesopotamia) and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac [the heir of the covenant promise]."
Genesis 24:5
The servant said to him, "Suppose the woman will not be willing to follow me back to this country; should I take your son back to the country from which you came?"
Genesis 24:6
Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there!
Genesis 24:8
"If the woman is not willing to follow you [to this land], then you will be free from this my oath and blameless; only you must never take my son back there."
Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels, and set out, taking some of his master's good things with him; so he got up and journeyed to Mesopotamia [between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers], to the city of Nahor [the home of Abraham's brother].
Genesis 24:22
When the camels had finished drinking, Eliezer took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her hands weighing ten shekels in gold,
Genesis 24:23
and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I would not hearken unto Balaam,.... Who was very solicitous to get leave of the Lord to curse Israel, which he knew he could not do without; he had a goodwill to it but could not accomplish it:

therefore he blessed you still; went on blessing Israel to the last, when Balak hoped every time he would have cursed them; and Balaam himself was very desirous of doing it; but could not, being overruled by the Lord, and under his restraint; which shows his power over evil spirits, and their agents:

so I delivered you out of his hands: both out of the hand of Balak, who was intimidated from bringing his forces against them, and out of the hand of Balaam, who was not suffered to curse them.


 
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