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

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. …

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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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