Numbers 22:17
New International Version
because I will reward you handsomely and do whatever you say. Come and put a curse on these people for me.”

New Living Translation
I will pay you very well and do whatever you tell me. Just come and curse these people for me!”

English Standard Version
for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Come, curse this people for me.’”

Berean Standard Bible
for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’ ”

King James Bible
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

New King James Version
for I will certainly honor you greatly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”

New American Standard Bible
for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you tell me. Please come then, curse this people for me.’”

NASB 1995
for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Please come then, curse this people for me.’”

NASB 1977
for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Please come then, curse this people for me.’”

Legacy Standard Bible
for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Please come then, curse this people for me.’”

Amplified Bible
For I will give you a very great honor and I will do whatever you tell me; so please come, curse these people [of Israel] for me.’”

Christian Standard Bible
for I will greatly honor you and do whatever you ask me. So please come and put a curse on these people for me! ’ ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for I will greatly honor you and do whatever you ask me. So please come and put a curse on these people for me!’”

American Standard Version
for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because surely I shall honor you greatly and everything that you say to me I shall do, and come, curse for me this people.’”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For I will greatly honour thee, and will do for thee whatsoever thou shalt say; come then, curse me this people.

Contemporary English Version
I'll pay you very well and do whatever you ask. Just come and place a curse on these people."

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I am ready to honour thee, and will give thee whatsoever thou wilt: come and curse this people.

English Revised Version
for I will promote thee unto very great honour, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will make sure you are richly rewarded, and I will do whatever you ask. Please, come and curse these people for me."

Good News Translation
I will reward you richly and do anything you say. Please come and curse these people for me."

International Standard Version
I'm determined to reward you generously, and I'll do everything you tell me to do. So come right away and curse this people for me.'"

JPS Tanakh 1917
for I will promote thee unto very great honour, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.'

Literal Standard Version
for I honor you very greatly, and all that you say to me I do; and come, please pierce this people for me.”

Majority Standard Bible
for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”

New American Bible
I will reward you very handsomely and will do anything you ask of me. Come, lay a curse on this people for me.”

NET Bible
For I will honor you greatly, and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.'"

New Revised Standard Version
for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do; come, curse this people for me.’”

New Heart English Bible
for I will greatly honor you, and whatever you say to me I will do for you. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.'"

Webster's Bible Translation
For I will promote thee to very great honor, and I will do whatever thou sayest to me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse this people for me.

World English Bible
for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’”

Young's Literal Translation
for very greatly I honour thee, and all that thou sayest unto me I do; and come, I pray thee, pierce for me this people.'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Balak Summons Balaam
16They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me, 17for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’” 18But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.…

Cross References
Numbers 22:6
So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed."

Numbers 22:16
They came to Balaam and said, "This is what Balak son of Zippor says: 'Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,


Treasury of Scripture

For I will promote you to very great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me: come therefore, I pray you, curse me this people.

I will promote

Numbers 24:11
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

Deuteronomy 16:9
Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

Esther 5:11
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

and I will do

Numbers 23:2,3,29,30
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram…

Matthew 14:7
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

come

Numbers 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.

curse me.

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I will honor you
כַבֵּ֤ד (ḵab·bêḏ)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

richly
מְאֹ֔ד (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

and do
אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֑ה (’e·‘ĕ·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

whatever
וְכֹ֛ל (wə·ḵōl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

you say.
תֹּאמַ֥ר (tō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

So please
נָּא֙ (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

come
וּלְכָה־ (ū·lə·ḵāh-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

and put a curse
קָֽבָה־ (qā·ḇāh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6895: To scoop out, to malign, execrate

on these
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

people for me!’”
הָעָ֥ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


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