Numbers Chapter 22 verse 27 Holy Bible
And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.
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And the ass saw the angel of the Lord and went down on the earth under Balaam; and full of wrath, Balaam gave her hard blows with his stick.
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And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah, and lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.
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And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
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And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
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The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
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and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah, and croucheth under Balaam, and the anger of Balaam burneth, and he smiteth the ass with a staff.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewWhen the donkeyהָֽאָתוֹן֙ (hā·’ā·ṯō·wn)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 860: A female donkeysawוַתֵּ֤רֶא (wat·tê·re)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 7200: To seethe Angelמַלְאַ֣ךְ (mal·’aḵ)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angelof the LORD,יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelshe lay downוַתִּרְבַּ֖ץ (wat·tir·baṣ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 7257: To crouch, be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbedunderתַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)PrepositionStrong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu ofBalaam,בִּלְעָ֑ם (bil·‘ām)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1109: Balaam -- a prophetand [he]בִּלְעָ֔ם (bil·‘ām)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1109: Balaam -- a prophetbecame furiousוַיִּֽחַר־ (way·yi·ḥar-)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 2734: To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousyand beatוַיַּ֥ךְ (way·yaḵ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5221: To strike[her]הָאָת֖וֹן (hā·’ā·ṯō·wn)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 860: A female donkeywith his staff.בַּמַּקֵּֽל׃ (bam·maq·qêl)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4731: A shoot, stickJump to PreviousAngel Anger Angry Ass Balaam Balaam's Beat Blows Burneth Croucheth Donkey Earth Hard Kindled Lay Messenger Smiteth Smote Staff Stick Struck Wrath