Numbers 22:17 KJV
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
Thou and Ye
- thee, thou one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Balaam goes to BalakA second embassy was sent to Balaam. It were well for us, if we were as earnest and constant in prosecuting a good work, notwithstanding disappointments....
Thompson Chains
- Bribery (2)See the chain from Judges 16:5 · 3 links
- Earthly HonorStarts here · next 1 Chronicles 29:28 · 6 links
- Earthly RewardLink 2 of 6 · next Deuteronomy 16:19
- Honor GodSee the chain from Psalms 29:2 · 8 links
Cross References
- Numbers 24:11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
- Numbers 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
- Numbers 22:37 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?
- Numbers 23:2–3 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. …
- Numbers 23:29–30 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. …
- Deuteronomy 16:9 Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
- Esther 5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
- Esther 7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
- Matthew 4:8–9 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; …
- Matthew 14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
- Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Topics
- Balak Tries to bribe Balaam to curse Israel
- Covetousness Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness
- Decision Balaam
- God Providence of, overruling interpositions of the
- Heathen Balaam
- Hypocrisy Ith
- Moabites Calls for Balaam to curse Israel
- Sorcery By Balaam
- Temptation Balak tempts Balaam
- Worldliness Balaam
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For I will promote כִּי kî Conjunction כַבֵּד kabbēd כָּבַד Verb · piel infinitive absolute
- thee unto very מְאֹד mĕʾōd מְאֹד Adverb
- great אֲכַבֶּדְךָ ʾăkabbedkā כָּבַד Verb · piel imperfect, first person common singular · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- honour כָּבַד kâbad
- and I will do אֶעֱשֶׂה ʾeʿĕśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
- whatsoever thou sayest וְכֹל wĕkōl Noun · masculine singular · with and אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative תֹּאמַר tōʾmar אָמַר Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
- unto me: come אֵלַי ʾēlay Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular וּלְכָה ûlĕkâ יָלַךְ Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular · with and
- therefore, I pray thee, curse נָּא nāʾ Interjection קָבָה qābâ קָבַב Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
- me this people לִּי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular אֵת ʾēt Object marker הָעָם hāʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular · with the הַזֶּה hazzê Pronoun · with the
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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