| 23:1 | And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. |
| 23:2 | And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. |
| 23:3 | And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. |
| 23:4 | And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. |
| 23:5 | And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. |
| 23:6 | And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. |
| 23:7 | And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. |
| 23:7 | 巴蘭便題起詩歌說、巴勒引我出亞蘭、摩押王引我出東山、說、來阿、為我咒詛雅各、來阿、怒罵以色列。 |
| 23:7 | 巴兰便题起诗歌说，巴勒引我出亚兰，摩押王引我出东山，说，来阿，为我咒诅雅各。来阿，怒骂以色列。 |
| num:23:18 | And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: |
| num:21:27 | Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: |
| num:24:3 | And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: |
| num:24:15 | And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: |
| num:24:20 | And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. |
| num:24:21 | And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. |
| num:24:23 | And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! |
| isa:14:4 | That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! |
| mic:2:4 | In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. |
| hab:2:6 | Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! |
| gen:29:1 | Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. |
| num:22:6 | Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. |
| deu:23:4 | Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. |
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| 23:8 | How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? |
| 23:9 | For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. |
| 23:10 | Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! |
| 23:11 | And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. |
| 23:12 | And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? |
| 23:13 | And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. |
| 23:14 | And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. |
| 23:15 | And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. |
| 23:16 | And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. |
| 23:17 | And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? |
| 23:18 | And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: |
| 23:19 | God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? |
| 23:20 | Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. |
| 23:21 | He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. |
| 23:22 | God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. |
| 23:23 | 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! |
| 23:24 | Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. |
| 23:25 | And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. |
| 23:26 | But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? |
| 23:27 | And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. |
| 23:28 | And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. |
| 23:29 | And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. |
| 23:30 | And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. |
