Numbers 22:37

Balak said to Balaam, “Didn’t I earnestly send for you to summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?”

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WEBBE

Balak said to Balaam, “Didn’t I earnestly send for you to summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honour?”

BSB

And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to reward you richly?”

KJV

And 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?

ASV

And 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 honor?

BBE

And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send to you, requesting you with all my heart to come to me? why did you not come? am I not able to give you a place of honour?

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 בָּלָק ba·lak Balak H1111 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 בִּלְעָם bil·'am Balaam H1109 הֲלֹא ha·lo' ¿ not H3808 שָׁלֹחַ sha·lo·ach certainly (to send) H7971 שָׁלַחְתִּי sha·lach·ti did I send H7971 אֵלֶיךָ 'e·lei·kha to you H413 לִקְרֹא־ lik·ro'- to summon H7121 לָךְ lakh (to) (the) you H9032 לָמָּה la·mah (to) why H4100 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 הָלַכְתָּ ha·lakh·ta did you come H1980 אֵלָי 'e·lai to me H413 הַאֻמְנָם ha·'um·nam ¿ really H552 לֹא lo' not H3808 אוּכַל 'u·khal am I able H3201 כַּבְּדֶךָ ka·be·de·kha to honor you H3513

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 36–41

Balak has now nothing to complain of, but that Balaam did not come sooner. Balaam bids Balak not depend too much upon him. He seems to speak with vexation; but is really as desirous to please Balak, as ever he had pretended to be to please God. See what need we have to pray every day, Our Father which art in heaven, lead us not into temptation. Let us be jealous over our own hearts, seeing how far men may go in the knowledge of God, and yet come short of Divine grace.

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BalaamBalak

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Minister, Christian

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.