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Numbers 22:38 KJV
Numbers · chapter 22 · verse 38
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.Numbers 22:38 · King James Version
Numbers 22:38 in context
36And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
37And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
40And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- puttethsûwmto putH7760 →
- BalaamBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophetH1109 →
- BalakBâlâqBalak, a Moabitish kingH1111 →
- poweryâkôlto be able, literally or morallyH3201 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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We have here the meeting between Balak and Balaam, confederate enemies to God's Israel; but here they seem to differ in their expectations of the success. 1. Balak speaks of it with confidence, not doubting but to gain his point now that Balaam had come.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 36-41