Numbers Chapter 23 verse 5 Holy Bible
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
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And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
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And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
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And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
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And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
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Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
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and Jehovah putteth a word in the mouth of Balaam, and saith, `Turn back unto Balak, and thus thou dost speak.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) The Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth.--"God, who had opened the mouth of the ass," says Bishop Wordsworth, in loc., "in a manner contrary to her nature, now opens Balaam's mouth in a manner contrary to his own will."Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThen the LORDיְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelputוַיָּ֧שֶׂם (way·yā·śem)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, seta messageדָּבָ֖ר (dā·ḇār)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a causein Balaam’sבִלְעָ֑ם (ḇil·‘ām)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1109: Balaam -- a prophetmouth,בְּפִ֣י (bə·p̄î)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according tosaying,וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, say“Returnשׁ֥וּב (šūḇ)Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularStrong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, againtoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, toBalakבָּלָ֖ק (bā·lāq)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1111: Balak -- 'devastator', a Moabite kingandוְכֹ֥ה (wə·ḵōh)Conjunctive waw | AdverbStrong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, nowgive him this message.”תְדַבֵּֽר׃ (ṯə·ḏab·bêr)Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdueJump to PreviousBalaam Balaam's Balak Message Mouth Putteth Speak Turn Word Words
