Numbers 22:38

Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.”

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WEBBE

Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? I will speak the word that God puts in my mouth.”

BSB

“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”

KJV

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.

ASV

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

BBE

Then Balaam said to Balak, Now I have come to you; but have I power to say anything? Only what God puts into my mouth may I say.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 בִּלְעָם bil·'am Balaam H1109 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 בָּלָק ba·lak Balak H1111 הִנֵּה־ hi·neh- here H2009 בָאתִי va·ti I have come H935 אֵלֶיךָ 'e·lei·kha to you H413 עַתָּה 'a·tah now H6258 הֲיָכוֹל ha·ya·khol ¿ certainly (to able) H3201 אוּכַל 'u·khal am I able H3201 דַּבֵּר da·ber to speak H1696 מְאוּמָה me·'u·mah anything H3972 הַדָּבָר ha·da·var the word H1697 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 יָשִׂים ya·sim he will put H7760 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him God H430 בְּפִי be·fi in mouth my H6310 אֹתוֹ 'o·to (marks the object) it H853 אֲדַבֵּר 'a·da·ber I will speak H1696

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