Numbers 23:18

Brenton's Septuagint

And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Tzippor:

King James Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Lexham English Bible
Then he uttered his oracle, and said, "Stand up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor!

English Standard Version
And Balaam took up his discourse and said, "Rise, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, O son of Zippor:

New Century Version
Then Balaam gave this message: "Stand up, Balak, and listen. Hear me, son of Zippor.

New English Translation
Balaam uttered his oracle, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:

Amplified Bible
Balaam took up his [second] discourse (oracle) and said: "Rise up, O Balak, and hear; Listen [closely] to me, son of Zippor.

New American Standard Bible
Then he took up his discourse and said, "Arise, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor!

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he took up his discourse and said,"Arise, O Balak, and hear;Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!

Contemporary English Version
Balaam answered: "Pay close attention to my words—

Complete Jewish Bible
Then Bil‘am made his pronouncement: "Get up, Balak, and listen! Turn your ears to me, son of Tzippor!

Darby Translation
Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Balaam said this: "Stand up, Balak, and listen to me. Hear me, Balak son of Zippor.

George Lamsa Translation
And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; and give ear to my testimony, O son of Zippor;

Good News Translation
and Balaam uttered this prophecy: "Come, Balak son of Zippor, And listen to what I have to say.

Christian Standard Bible®
Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Literal Translation
And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he toke vp his parable, & sayde: Ryse vp Balac & heare, marke my testimony wt thine eares thou sonne of Ziphor.

American Standard Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Bible in Basic English
And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he toke vp his parable, and aunswered: Rise vp Balac, and heare, and hearke vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor:

King James Version (1611)
And he tooke vp his parable, and said, Rise vp Balak, & heare; hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor:

English Revised Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Berean Standard Bible
Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: "Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne his parable `was takun, he seide, Stonde, Balach, and herkene; here, thou sone of Sephor. God is not `as a man,

Young's Literal Translation
And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

Update Bible Version
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor:

Webster's Bible Translation
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:

World English Bible
He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor:

New King James Version
Then he took up his oracle and said: "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, son of Zippor!

New Living Translation
This was the message Balaam delivered: "Rise up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor.

New Life Bible
Then Balaam began speaking and said, "Rise, O Balak, and hear! Listen to me, O son of Zippor!

New Revised Standard
Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying: "Rise, Balak, and hear; listen to me, O son of Zippor:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then took he up his parable and said, - Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me son of Zippor!

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:

Revised Standard Version
And Balaam took up his discourse, and said, "Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, O son of Zippor:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he took up his discourse and said, "Arise, O Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!

Contextual Overview

¹³ And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where thou shalt not see the people, but only thou shalt see a part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence. ¹⁴ And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried rock, and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar. ¹⁵ And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God. ¹⁶ And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak. ¹⁷ And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole-burnt-sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken? ¹⁸ And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor. ¹⁹ God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep to his word? ²⁰ Behold, I have received commandment to bless: I will bless, and not turn back. ²¹ There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, the glories of rulers are in him. ²² It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Rise up: Judges 3:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:23 - hear Numbers 23:7 - he took Numbers 24:3 - he took up Numbers 24:15 - General Nehemiah 13:2 - our God Micah 2:4 - shall Habakkuk 2:6 - take

Cross-References

Genesis 34:20
And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Ruth 4:1
And Booz went up to the gate, and sat there; and behold, the relative passed by, of whom Booz spoke: and Booz said to him, Turn aside, sit down here, such a one: and he turned aside and sat down.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he took up his parable,.... Pronounced the word put into his mouth,

and said, rise up Balak, and hear; not from his seat, as Eglon a successor of his did, Judges 3:20 for he was now standing by his burnt offering; but the sense is, that he would raise his attention, and stir up himself with all diligence to hear what he was about to say:

hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor; or to his word, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, which follow.