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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Numbers 22:14

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Balaam;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Moabites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Moabites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Transjordan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Balaam;   Balak;   Moab, Moabites;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zippor ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Balak;   Midian;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Moab;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;   Joshua, the Samaritan Book of;  

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.
Complete Jewish Bible
The princes of Mo'av got up, returned to Balak and said, "Bil‘am refuses to come with us."
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."
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 did the sons of Israel break up, - and encamp in the waste plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho. 2 And Balak son of Zipper saw all that Israel had done unto the Amorites; 3 and Moab shrank with great fear from the presence of the people because, many, they were, - and Moab was alarmed at the presence of the sons of Israel. 4 So Moab said unto the elders of Midian - Now, shall the gathered host lick up all that are round about us, as the ox doth lick up the verdure of the field. But, Balak son of Zippor, was king unto Moab at that time. 5 So he sent messengers unto Balaam son of Boor, to Pethor which was by the river of the land of the sons of his people to call him, - saying Lo! a people, hath come forth out of Egypt Lo! he hath covered the eye of the land, Yea he, is tarrying over against me. 6 Now, therefore, do come, I pray thee curse me this people. For stronger, he is than I, If peradventure I prevail, we shall smite him, That I may drive him out of the land, - For I know that, he whom thou dost bless, is to be blessed, And the whom thou dost curse, is to be cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went their way, with the rewards of divination in their hand, - so they came in unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. 8 And he said unto them - Tarry ye here for the night, and I will bring you back word, as Yahweh shall speak unto me. So the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 And God came in unto Balaam, - and said, Who are these men with thee? 10 Then said Balaam unto God, - Balak, son of Zipper king of Moab, hath sent unto me:

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
It was, on the third day, that Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Genesis 22:5
And Abraham said unto his young men - Tarry by yourselves here with the ass, but I and the young man must go yonder, - that we may bow ourselves down and return unto you.
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said, God, will provide for himself the lamb for an ascending-sacrifice, my son! So they went on their way, both of them, together.
Genesis 22:10
And Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife, - to slay his son.
Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and lo! a ram, behind, caught in a thicket by his horns, and Abraham went, and took the ram, and caused him to ascend as an ascending-sacrifice instead of his son.
Genesis 22:14
So Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh, - as to which it is still said to-day, In the mountain of Yahweh, will provision be made.
Genesis 22:17
That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea, - that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes:
Genesis 28:19
and called the name of that place - Beth-el, - nevertheless, Luz, was the name of the city, aforetime.
Genesis 32:30
So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel; For I saw God face to face; and my soul was delivered,
Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar, - and called the name thereof, Yahweh-nissi.

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.


 
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