Numbers 22:19

Easy-to-Read Version

But you can stay here tonight like the other men did, and during the night I will learn what the Lord wants to tell me."

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will speak to me more.

King James Version
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.

Lexham English Bible
And now please, you also stay here the night, and let me find out again what Yahweh will say with me."

English Standard Version
So you, too, please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me."

New Century Version
You stay here tonight as the other men did, and I will find out what more the Lord tells me."

New English Translation
Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might say to me."

Amplified Bible
"Now please, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else the LORD will say to me."

New American Standard Bible
"Now please, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else the LORD will say to me."

Geneva Bible (1587)
But nowe, I pray you, tary here this night, that I may wit, what the Lorde will say vnto mee more.

Legacy Standard Bible
So now, please, you also stay here tonight, and I will know what else Yahweh will speak to me."

Contemporary English Version
You are welcome to spend the night here, just as the others did. I will find out if the Lord has something else to say about this."

Complete Jewish Bible
Now, please, you too, stay here tonight; so that I may find out what else Adonai will say to me."

Darby Translation
And now, I pray you, abide ye also here this night, and I shall know what Jehovah will say to me further.

George Lamsa Translation
Now, therefore, tarry you also here this night, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me.

Good News Translation
But please spend the night, as the others did, so that I may learn whether or not the Lord has something else to tell me."

Christian Standard Bible®
Please stay here overnight as the others did, so that I may find out what else the Lord has to tell me.”

Literal Translation
And now you also please stay here tonight. And I shall know what more Jehovah may speak to me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles tary ye here this night, yt I maye were, what the LORDE wil saye more vnto me.

American Standard Version
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.

Bible in Basic English
So take your rest here this night, till I have knowledge what more the Lord has to say to me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe therefore I pray thee, tarie ye here this nyght, that I may wit what the Lorde wyll say vnto me more.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will speak unto me more.'

King James Version (1611)
Now therefore, I pray you, tarie yee also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say vnto me more.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now do ye also tarry here this night, and I shall know what the Lord will yet say to me.

English Revised Version
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will speak unto me more.

Berean Standard Bible
So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y biseche, that ye dwelle here also in this nyyt, that Y may wite what the Lord schal answere eft to me.

Young's Literal Translation
and, now, abide, I pray you, in this [place], you also, to-night; and I know what Jehovah is adding to speak with me.'

Update Bible Version
Now therefore, I pray you, you also tarry here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say to me more.

World English Bible
Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more.

New King James Version
Now therefore, please, you also stay here tonight, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me."

New Living Translation
But stay here one more night, and I will see if the Lord has anything else to say to me."

New Life Bible
Now I ask you to stay here tonight. I will find out what else the Lord will say to me."

New Revised Standard
You remain here, as the others did, so that I may learn what more the Lord may say to me."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I pray you to stay here this night also, that I may know what the Lord will answer me once more.

Revised Standard Version
Pray, now, tarry here this night also, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now please, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else the LORD will speak to me."

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ So Balak sent other leaders to Balaam. This time he sent many more than the first time. And these leaders were much more important than the first ones he sent. ¹⁶ They went to Balaam and said, "This is what Balak son of Zippor says to you: Please don't let anything stop you from coming. ¹⁷ I will pay you very much, and I will do whatever you ask. Come and curse these people for me." ¹⁸ Balaam gave Balak's officials his answer. He said, "I must obey the Lord my God. I cannot do anything, great or small, against his command. Even if King Balak gives me his beautiful home filled with silver and gold, I will not do anything against the Lord's command. ¹⁹ But you can stay here tonight like the other men did, and during the night I will learn what the Lord wants to tell me." ²⁰ That night, God came to Balaam. God said, "These men have come again to ask you to go with them. So you can go with them. But do only what I tell you to do." ²¹ The next morning, Balaam got up, put a saddle on his donkey, and went with the Moabite leaders.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 22:7, Numbers 22:8, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:15, Jude 1:11

Reciprocal: Numbers 22:12 - thou shalt not curse 1 Kings 13:16 - General Job 4:13 - thoughts

Cross-References

Genesis 21:31
So after that, the well was called Beersheba. Abraham gave the well this name because it was the place where they made a promise to each other.

Joshua 15:28
Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

Judges 20:1
So all the Israelites joined together. They all came together to stand before the Lord in the city of Mizpah. People came from everywhere in Israel. Even the Israelites from Gilead were there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night,.... As the former messengers had; this shows his strong inclination to go along with them, and do what was desired of him, could he be permitted; otherwise he might and ought to have told the messengers at once that Balak needed not to have given himself and them so much trouble, since it was not in his power to do for him what he requested; nor would he attempt it, as being contrary to the will of God, and therefore it would be their best way to return as soon as they could; but instead of that, he desires them to stay that night, which must give them some hope of succeeding in their embassy:

that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more; he hoped he would change his mind, and say something to him different from, and contrary to what he had before declared unto him, which to suppose of God is great vileness and wickedness; to such a pitch did his greedy desire after riches and honour work him up into; he ought to have been satisfied with the answer already given him, and not to have inquired more.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye also - i. e., as the other envoys before you. Had Balaam possessed a sincere spirit of obedience, he would have found in the first instructions Numbers 22:12 a final decision upon the matter. His hypocritical importunity with God when the fresh messengers came from Balak demonstrates his aversion to God’s declared will.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 22:19. What the Lord will say unto me more. — He did not know but God might make a farther discovery of his will to him, and therefore he might very innocently seek farther information.