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Numbers 23:8
Balaam’s First Oracle
7And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’ 8How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced? 9For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
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Berean Standard Bible
How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
American Standard Version (1901)
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?
And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
Bible in Basic English
How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?
Free Bible Version
But how can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I condemn what the Lord has not condemned?
King James (Authorized) Version
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
One Unity Resource Bible
How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Adonai has not defied?
Translation for Translators
But ◄how can I curse people whom God has not cursed?/I certainly cannot curse people whom God has not cursed!► [RHQ]
◄How can I condemn people whom Yahweh has not condemned?/I cannot condemn people whom Yahweh has not condemned!► [RHQ]
Unlocked Literal Bible
How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I oppose those whom Yahweh does not oppose?
Noah Webster Bible
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
World English Bible
How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
Young's Literal Translation
What — do I pierce? — God hath not pierced! And what — am I indignant? — Jehovah hath not been indignant!