NUM 23:12 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Βαλαὰμ πρὸς Βαλὰκ, οὐχὶ ὅσα ἂν ἐμβάλῃ ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τὸ στόμα μου, τοῦτο φυλάξω λαλῆσαι;
(Kai eipe Balaʼam pros Balak, ouⱪi hosa an embalaʸ ho Theos eis to stoma mou, touto fulaxō lalaʸsai; )

BrTr And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?

ULT And he answered and said, “Should I not be careful to speak it that Yahweh puts in my mouth?”

UST But Balaam replied, “I can say only what Yahweh tells me to say. I cannot say anything else.”

BSB § But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

OEB No OEB NUM book available

WEBBE He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD puts in my mouth?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Balaam replied, “Must I not be careful to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?”

LSV and he answers and says, “That which YHWH puts in my mouth—do I not take heed to speak it?”

FBV But Balaam replied, “Don't you think I should I say precisely what the Lord tells me?”

T4T But Balaam replied, “I can [RHQ] say only what Yahweh tells me to say. I cannot say anything else.”

LEB He answered and said, “Should I not speak[fn] what Yahweh puts in my mouth?”

23:12 Literally “Should I not observe to speak”

BBE And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?

Moff No Moff NUM book available

JPS And he answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?'

ASV And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

DRA He answered him: Call I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth?

YLT and he answereth and saith, 'That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth — it do I not take heed to speak?'

Drby And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?

RV And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?

Wbstr And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

KJB-1769 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
(And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath/has put in my mouth? )

KJB-1611 And he answered, and said, Must I not take heede to speake that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He aunswered and sayd: Must I not take heede to speake that whiche the lorde hath put in my mouth?
(He answered and said: Must I not take heed to speak that which the lord hath/has put in my mouth?)

Gnva And he answered, and said, Must I not take heede to speake that, which the Lord hath put in my mouth?
(And he answered, and said, Must I not take heed to speak that, which the Lord hath/has put in my mouth? )

Cvdl He answered & saide: Must I not kepe & speake yt, which the LORDE putteth in to me mouth?
(He answered and said: Must I not keep and speak yt, which the LORD putteth/puts in to me mouth?)

Wycl To whom Balaam answeride, Whether Y may speke othir thing no but that that the Lord comaundith?
(To whom Balaam answered, Whether I may speak other thing no but that that the Lord comaundith?)

Luth Er antwortete und sprach: Muß ich nicht das halten und reden, das mir der HErr in den Mund gibt?
(He replied and spoke: Muß I not the hold and reden, the to_me the/of_the LORD in the Mund gibt?)

ClVg Cui ille respondit: Num aliud possum loqui, nisi quod jusserit Dominus?
(Cui he answered: Num something_else possum loqui, nisi that yusserit Master? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Should I not be careful to say only what Yahweh puts in my mouth?

(Some words not found in UHB: and,answered and,said ?,not DOM which/who puts YHWH in/on/at/with,mouth,my DOM=him/it take_care to,speak )

Balaam uses this rhetorical question to defend his actions. This can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: “I must be very careful to say only what Yahweh tells me to say.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) to say only what Yahweh puts in my mouth

(Some words not found in UHB: and,answered and,said ?,not DOM which/who puts YHWH in/on/at/with,mouth,my DOM=him/it take_care to,speak )

The message is spoken of as if it is something that God put into his mouth. See how you translated a similar phrase in Numbers 22:38. Alternate translation: “to say only what Yahweh wants me to say”

Parallel NUM 23:12