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Numbers 22:17

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.

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Numbers 22:17 in other translations

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.’ ”

Numbers 22:17 · World English Bible

Numbers 22:17 in context

  1. 15And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.
  2. 16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
  3. 17for 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.
  4. 18And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
  5. 19Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.