Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied?

How {H4100} shall I curse {H5344}, whom God {H410} hath not cursed {H6895}? or how shall I defy {H2194}, whom the LORD {H3068} hath not defied {H2194}?

"How am I to curse those whom God has not cursed? How am I to denounce those whom ADONAI has not denounced?

How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 23:23 (9 votes)

    Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

  • Numbers 23:20 (8 votes)

    Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

  • Isaiah 44:25 (8 votes)

    That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

  • Numbers 22:12 (7 votes)

    And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed.

  • Isaiah 47:12 (4 votes)

    Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

  • Isaiah 47:13 (4 votes)

    Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.