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Numbers 23:7

American Standard Version

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

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Numbers 23:7 in other translations

He took up his parable, and said,
“From Aram has Balak brought me,
the king of Moab from the mountains of the East.
Come, curse Jacob for me.
Come, defy Israel.

Numbers 23:7 · World English Bible

Numbers 23:7 in context

  1. 5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
  2. 6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
  3. 7And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
  4. 8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
  5. 9For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.