Nombres 23:25

Darby's French Translation

Et Balak dit à Balaam: Ne le maudis donc pas; mais du moins ne le bénis pas.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Alors Balak dit à Balaam: Ne le maudis point, mais ne le bénis pas non plus!

Louis Segond (1910)
Balak dit à Balaam: Ne le maudis pas, mais du moins ne le bénis pas.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Alors Balac dit à Balaam : Et bien, ne le maudis point, mais au moins ne le bénis pas.

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Psalms 2:1-3

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:28 - the charge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Balak said unto Balaam, neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. Signifying that it would be as well or better to do nothing at all, than to do what he did; but the sense is not, that he would not have him curse them, that he could never say, since he had pressed it both before and after this; wherefore the words should be rendered, as they are by some p, "if in cursing thou dost not curse", or will not curse, "neither in blessing bless", or, however, do not bless: if he could not or would not curse Israel, he would not have him bless them on any account; if he could do him and his people no good in ridding them of their enemies, yet he desires him by no means to do them any harm by discouraging them and encouraging Israel.

p So Fagius, Vatablus; with which agree the Arabic version, and Noldius, p. 221. No. 1024.