Numbers 23:15

Green's Literal Translation

And he said to Balak, Station yourself by the burnt offering while I go to meet Him over there.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.

King James Version
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.

Lexham English Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself here at the burnt offering while I myself meet with Yahweh there."

English Standard Version
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there."

New Century Version
So Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here by your burnt offering, and I will meet with God over there."

New English Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord there."

Amplified Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I go to meet the LORD over there."

New American Standard Bible
Then he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there."

Geneva Bible (1587)
After, he sayde vnto Balak, Stande here by thy burnt offring, & I wil meete the Lord yonder.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet Yahweh over there."

Contemporary English Version
"Wait here beside your offerings," Balaam said. "The Lord will appear to me over there."

Complete Jewish Bible
Bil‘am said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, while I go over there for a meeting."

Darby Translation
And [Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here by this altar while I go meet with God over there."

George Lamsa Translation
And Balaam said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go yonder.

Good News Translation
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, and I will meet God over there."

Christian Standard Bible®
Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the Lord over there.”

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto Balac: Stonde so by thy burntoffrynge, whyle I go yonder.

American Standard Version
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.

Bible in Basic English
Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he said vnto Balac: Stande here by thy burnt sacrifice, whyle I meete [the Lorde] yonder.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'

King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meete the Lord yonder.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God.

English Revised Version
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

Berean Standard Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he seide to Balaach, Stonde here bisidis thi brent sacrifice, while Y go.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto Balak, `Station thyself here by thy burnt-offering, and I -- I meet [Him] there;'

Update Bible Version
And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt-offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.

World English Bible
He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder.

New King James Version
And he said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet [fn] the Lord over there."

New Living Translation
Then Balaam said to the king, "Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the Lord ."

New Life Bible
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt gift, while I meet the Lord over there."

New Revised Standard
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offerings, while I meet the Lord over there."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said he to Balak, Station thyself here by thine ascending-sacrifice, - while, I, meet him yonder.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while I go to meet him.

Revised Standard Version
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder."

THE MESSAGE
Balaam said to Balak, "Take up your station here beside your Whole-Burnt-Offering while I meet with him over there."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there."

Contextual Overview

¹³ And Balak said to him, Now come with me to another place where you will see it; only you will see its edge and shall not see all of it; and curse it for me there. ¹⁴ And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on the altar. ¹⁵ And he said to Balak, Station yourself by the burnt offering while I go to meet Him over there. ¹⁶ And Jehovah met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, Return to Balak, and say this. ¹⁷ And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, and Moab's chiefs with him. And he said to him, What has Jehovah spoken? ¹⁸ And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; give ear to me, son of Zippor. ¹⁹ God is not a man that He should lie, or a son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and shall He not do it? And has He spoken, and shall He not make it good? ²⁰ Behold, I have received word to bless; yes, He has blessed; I cannot reverse it. ²¹ He has seen no iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen mischief in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in him. ²² God who brought them out of Egypt is for him like the lofty horns of the wild ox.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 23:3, Numbers 22:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:18 - met Numbers 24:1 - at other times Joshua 24:10 - General Micah 6:6 - with

Cross-References

Exodus 30:13
They shall give this, everyone passing over to those numbered: half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary, twenty gerahs being a shekel; half a shekel as an offering to Jehovah.

Exodus 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, to give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

Ezekiel 45:12
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: Twenty shekels, twenty five shekels, fifteen shekels shall be a maneh to you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto Balak, stand here by thy burnt offering,.... As he had before directed him, Numbers 23:3

while I meet the Lord yonder; pointing to some place at a little distance, where he expected to meet the Lord, and have some instructions from him, which he seemed confident of, having met with him once already.