Bilangan 22:33

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Ketika keledai ini melihat Aku, telah tiga kali ia menyimpang dari hadapan-Ku; jika ia tidak menyimpang dari hadapan-Ku, tentulah engkau yang Kubunuh pada waktu itu juga dan dia Kubiarkan hidup."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Ketika keledai ini melihat Aku, telah tiga kali ia menyimpang dari hadapan-Ku; jika ia tidak menyimpang dari hadapan-Ku, tentulah engkau yang Kubunuh pada waktu itu juga dan dia Kubiarkan hidup."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka keledai itu telah melihat Aku, lalu menyimpang dari hadapan-Ku sekarang sudah tiga kali, maka jikalau kiranya tiada ia menyimpang dari hadapan-Ku, niscaya engkau Kubunuh, jikalau keledai itu Kuhidupi sekalipun.

Contextual Overview

²² And the wrath of God was kindled, because he went: And the angell of the Lorde stoode in the way to be agaynst hym, as he rode vpon his asse, and his two seruauntes were with hym. ²³ And when the asse sawe the angell of the Lord stand in the way, and hauyng his sworde drawen in his hand, the asse turned aside out of the way, and went out into the fielde: And Balaam smote the asse, to turne her into the way. ²⁴ But the angell of the Lorde stoode in a path betweene the vineyardes, and there was a wall on the one syde, and another on the other. ²⁵ And when the asse sawe the angell of the Lorde, she thrust her selfe vnto the wall, & crusht Balaams foote agaynst the wall: and he smote her agayne. ²⁶ And the angell of the Lord went further, & stoode in a narowe place, where was no way to turne either to the right hande, or to the left. ²⁷ And when the asse sawe the angell of the Lorde, she fell downe vnder Balaam: and Balaam was wroth, & smote the asse with a staffe. ²⁸ And the Lorde opened the mouth of the asse, and she sayde vnto Balaam: What haue I done vnto thee, that thou hast smytten me nowe three tymes? ²⁹ And Balaam sayd vnto the asse, Because thou hast mocked me: I would also there were a sworde in myne hande, for euen nowe woulde I kyll thee. ³⁰ And the asse sayd vnto Balaam: Am not I thine asse, whiche thou hast rydden vpon since the first tyme vnto this day? Was I euer wont to do so vnto thee? He sayde, nay. ³¹ And the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, hauing his sworde drawen in his hande: He bowed hym selfe therefore, and fell flat on his face.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

surely: Numbers 14:37, Numbers 16:33-35, 1 Kings 13:24-28

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times,.... The ass saw the angel when Balaam did not, and that was the reason of its turning aside; and it was well for him it did, and therefore he should not have smote it:

unless she had turned from me; if she had pushed on, endeavouring to make her way:

surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive; had certainly and only slain him, and not the ass; and from hence the Jewish writers t gather, that the ass was now slain, lest it should be said, this is the ass that spoke, and so be made an idol of.

t Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 20. fol. 227. 4. Aben Ezra in loc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 22:33. Surely now also I had slain thee — How often are the meanest animals, and the most trivial occurrences, instruments of the preservation of our lives, and of the salvation of our souls! The messenger of justice would have killed Balaam, had not the mercy of God prevented the ass from proceeding.