Numbers 22:14

Complete Jewish Bible

The princes of Mo'av got up, returned to Balak and said, "Bil‘am refuses to come with us."

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The princes of Mo'av rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Bil`am refuses to come with us.

King James Version
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

Lexham English Bible
The princes of Moab got up and went to Balak, and they said, "Balaam refused to come with us."

English Standard Version
So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."

New Century Version
So the Moabite leaders went back to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."

New English Translation
So the princes of Moab departed and went back to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."

Amplified Bible
The leaders of Moab arose and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."

New American Standard Bible
And the representatives from Moab got up and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."

Geneva Bible (1587)
So the princes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balak, & sayd, Balaam hath refused to come with vs.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the leaders of Moab arose and came to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to go with us."

Contemporary English Version
The officials left and told Balak that Balaam refused to come.

Darby Translation
And the princes of Moab rose up; and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam has refused to come with us.

Easy-to-Read Version
So the leaders of Moab went back to Balak and told him this. They said, "Balaam refused to come with us."

George Lamsa Translation
So the princes of Moab rose up and went to Balak, and said to him, Balaam refused to come with us.

Good News Translation
So they returned to Balak and told him that Balaam had refused to come with them.

Christian Standard Bible®
The officials of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

Literal Translation
And the leaders of Moab rose up and came to Balak. And they said, Balaam refuses to come with us.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the prynces of ye Moabites gat the vp, came to Balac, & saide: Balaam refuseth to come wt vs.

American Standard Version
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

Bible in Basic English
So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the lordes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balac and sayde: Balaam would not come with vs.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said: 'Balaam refuseth to come with us.'

King James Version (1611)
And the Princes of Moab rose vp, and they went vnto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with vs.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the princes of Moab rose, and came to Balac, and said, Balaam will not come with us.

English Revised Version
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

Berean Standard Bible
And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The princes turneden ayen, and seiden to Balaach, Balaam nolde come with vs.

Young's Literal Translation
and the princes of Moab rise, and come in unto Balak, and say, `Balaam is refusing to come with us.'

Update Bible Version
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

World English Bible
The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.

New King James Version
And the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."

New Living Translation
So the Moabite officials returned to King Balak and reported, "Balaam refused to come with us."

New Life Bible
So the leaders of Moab got up and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam would not come with us."

New Revised Standard
So the officials of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the princes of Moab arose, and came in unto Balak, - and said, Balaam refused to come with us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The princes returning, said to Balac: Balaam would not come with us.

Revised Standard Version
So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."

THE MESSAGE
So the Moabite nobles left, came back to Balak, and said, "Balaam wouldn't come with us."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The leaders of Moab arose and went to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."

Contextual Overview

¹ Then the people of Isra'el traveled on and camped in the plains of Mo'av beyond the Yarden River, opposite Yericho. Haftarah Hukkat: Shof'tim (Judges) 11:1–33 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Hukkat: Yochanan (John) 3:9–21; 4:3–30; 12:27–50 [In regular years read with Parashah 39, in leap years read separately] Now Balak the son of Tzippor saw all that Isra'el had done to the Emori. Mo'av was very afraid of the people, because there were so many of them; Mo'av was overcome with dread because of the people of Isra'el. So Mo'av said to the leaders of Midyan, "This horde will lick up everything around us, the way an ox licks up grass in the field." Balak the son of Tzippor was king of Mo'av at that time. He sent messengers to Bil‘am the son of B‘or, at P'tor by the [Euphrates] River in his native land, to tell him, "Listen, a people has come out of Egypt, spread over all the land and settled down next to me. Therefore, please come, and curse this people for me, because they are stronger than I am. Maybe I will be able to strike them down and drive them out of the land, for I know that whomever you bless is in fact blessed, and whomever you curse is in fact cursed." The leaders of Mo'av and Midyan left, taking with them the payment for divining, came to Bil‘am and spoke to him the words of Balak. He said to them, "Stay here tonight, and I will bring you back whatever answer Adonai tells me." So the princes of Mo'av stayed with Bil‘am. God came to Bil‘am and said, "Who are these men with you?" Bil‘am said to God, "Balak the son of Tzippor, king of Mo'av, has sent me this message: ‘The people who came out of Egypt have spread over the land; now, come and curse them for me; maybe I will be able to fight against them and drive them out.'" God answered Bil‘am, "You are not to go with them; you are not to curse the people, because they are blessed." (RY: v; LY: ii) Bil‘am got up in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, "Return to your own land, because Adonai refuses to give me permission to go with you." The princes of Mo'av got up, returned to Balak and said, "Bil‘am refuses to come with us." Balak again sent princes, more of them and of higher status than the first group. They went to Bil‘am and said to him, "Here is what Balak the son of Tzippor says: ‘Please don't let anything keep you from coming to me. I will reward you very well, and whatever you say to me I will do. So please come, and curse this people for me.'" Bil‘am answered the servants of Balak, "Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Adonai my God to do anything, great or small. Now, please, you too, stay here tonight; so that I may find out what else Adonai will say to me." God came to Bil‘am during the night and said to him, "If the men have come to summon you, get up and go with them; but do only what I tell you." (LY: iii) So Bil‘am got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Mo'av. But God's anger flared up because he went, and the angel of Adonai stationed himself on the path to bar his way. He was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. The donkey saw the angel of Adonai standing on the road, drawn sword in hand; so the donkey turned off the road into the field; and Bil‘am had to beat the donkey to get it back on the road. Then the angel of Adonai stood on the road where it became narrow as it passed among the vineyards and had stone walls on both sides. The donkey saw the angel of Adonai and pushed up against the wall, crushing Bil‘am's foot against the wall. So he beat it again. The angel of Adonai moved ahead and stood in a place so tight that there was no room to turn either right or left. Again the donkey saw the angel of Adonai and lay down under Bil‘am, which made him so angry that he hit the donkey with his stick. But Adonai enabled the donkey to speak, and it said to Bil‘am, "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?" Bil‘am said to the donkey, "It's because you've been making a fool of me! I wish I had a sword in my hand; I would kill you on the spot!" The donkey said to Bil‘am, "I'm your donkey, right? You've ridden me all your life, right? Have I ever treated you like this before?" "No," he admitted. Then Adonai opened Bil‘am's eyes, so that he could see the angel of Adonai standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, and he bowed his head and fell on his face. The angel of Adonai said to him, "Why did you hit your donkey three times like that? I have come out here to bar your way, because you are rushing to oppose me. The donkey saw me and turned aside these three times; and indeed, if she hadn't turned away from me, I would have killed you by now and saved it alive!" Bil‘am said to the angel of Adonai , "I have sinned. I didn't know that you were standing on the road to block me. Now, therefore, if what I am doing displeases you, I will go back." But the angel of Adonai said to Bil‘am, "No, go on with the men; but you are to say only what I tell you to say." So Bil‘am went along with the princes of Balak. When Balak heard that Bil‘am had come, he went out to meet him in the city of Mo'av at the Arnon border, in the farthest reaches of the territory. Balak said to Bil‘am, "I sent more than once to summon you! Why didn't you come to me? Did you think I couldn't pay you enough?" Bil‘am replied to Balak, "Here, I've come to you! But I have no power of my own to say anything. The word that God puts in my mouth is what I will say." (RY: vi, LY: iv) Bil‘am went with Balak. When they arrived at Kiryat-Hutzot, Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, then sent to Bil‘am and the princes with him. In the morning Balak took Bil‘am and brought him up to the high places of Ba‘al; from there he could see a portion of the people. ² Then the people of Isra'el traveled on and camped in the plains of Mo'av beyond the Yarden River, opposite Yericho. Haftarah Hukkat: Shof'tim (Judges) 11:1–33 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Hukkat: Yochanan (John) 3:9–21; 4:3–30; 12:27–50 [In regular years read with Parashah 39, in leap years read separately] Now Balak the son of Tzippor saw all that Isra'el had done to the Emori. ³ Mo'av was very afraid of the people, because there were so many of them; Mo'av was overcome with dread because of the people of Isra'el. ⁴ So Mo'av said to the leaders of Midyan, "This horde will lick up everything around us, the way an ox licks up grass in the field." Balak the son of Tzippor was king of Mo'av at that time. ⁵ He sent messengers to Bil‘am the son of B‘or, at P'tor by the [Euphrates] River in his native land, to tell him, "Listen, a people has come out of Egypt, spread over all the land and settled down next to me. ⁶ Therefore, please come, and curse this people for me, because they are stronger than I am. Maybe I will be able to strike them down and drive them out of the land, for I know that whomever you bless is in fact blessed, and whomever you curse is in fact cursed." ⁷ The leaders of Mo'av and Midyan left, taking with them the payment for divining, came to Bil‘am and spoke to him the words of Balak. ⁸ He said to them, "Stay here tonight, and I will bring you back whatever answer Adonai tells me." So the princes of Mo'av stayed with Bil‘am. ⁹ God came to Bil‘am and said, "Who are these men with you?" ¹⁰ Bil‘am said to God, "Balak the son of Tzippor, king of Mo'av, has sent me this message:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Balaam refuseth: Numbers 22:13, Numbers 22:37

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:4 - I will not

Cross-References

Genesis 22:4
On the third day, Avraham raised his eyes and saw the place in the distance.

Genesis 22:5
Avraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go there, worship and return to you."

Genesis 22:8
Avraham replied, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son"; and they both went on together.

Genesis 22:10
Then Avraham put out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.

Genesis 22:13
Avraham raised his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. Avraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Genesis 22:14
Avraham called the place Adonai Yir'eh [ Adonai will see (to it), Adonai provides] — as it is said to this day, "On the mountain Adonai is seen."

Genesis 22:17
I will most certainly bless you; and I will most certainly increase your descendants to as many as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the cities of their enemies,

Genesis 28:19
and named the place Beit-El [house of God]; but the town had originally been called Luz.

Genesis 32:30
Ya‘akov asked him, "Please tell me your name." But he answered, "Why are you asking about my name?" and blessed him there.

Exodus 17:15
Moshe built an altar, called it Adonai Nissi [ Adonai is my banner/miracle],

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the princes of Moab rose up,.... And the princes of Midian also, immediately, without entering into a parley with him, to persuade him to go with them; perceiving by his answer that it would be to no purpose, and that he was determined to do as the Lord directed him:

and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us; as Balaam told them less than what God had said to him, so they related less to Balak than what Balaam had said to them; saying nothing of the Lord's refusing to let him go with them, but represent it as a piece of pride and obstinacy in Balaam, and which Balak was left to understand; and it seems as if he did understand it as a piece of policy in Balaam, to get a larger offer of money or honour, or both, from him, and which the following account seems to confirm.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 22:14. Balaam refuseth to come with us. — "Observe," says Mr. Ainsworth, "Satan's practice against God's word, seeking to lessen the same, and that from hand to hand, till he bring it to naught. Balaam told the princes less than God told him, and they relate to Balak less than Balaam told them; so that when the answer came to the king of Moab, it was not the word of God, but the word of man; it was simply, Balaam refuseth to come, without ever intimating that God had forbidden him." But in this Balaam is not to blame; he told the messengers in the most positive manner, Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you, Numbers 22:13; and more explicit he could not be.