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Numbers 23:25 KJV
Numbers · chapter 23 · verse 25
And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.Numbers 23:25 · King James Version
Numbers 23:25 in context
23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BalaamBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophetH1109 →
- BalakBâlâqBalak, a Moabitish kingH1111 →
- cursenâqabto puncture, literally or figurativelyH5344 →
- blessbârakto kneelH1288 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-30