Numbers 22:29 KJV
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
Matthew Henry
- The opposition to Balaam by the wayWe must not think, that because God does not always by his providence restrain men from sin, therefore he approves of it, or that it is not hateful to him....
Parallel Passages
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
- Proverbs 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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Topics
- Anger Balaam, toward his ass
- Animals Balaam
- Ass (donkey) Used for riding
- Balaam Anger of, rebuked by his ass
- Covetousness Balaam, in loving the wages of unrighteousness
- Heathen Balaam
- Hypocrisy Ith
- Miracles Balaam’s donkey speaks
- Moabites Calls for Balaam to curse Israel
- Repentance Balaam, of his spiritual blindness
- Sorcery By Balaam
- Temptation Balak tempts Balaam
- Worldliness Balaam
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- BalaamLord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank among the Midianites (Num...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And Balaam בִּלְעָם bilʿām בִּלְעָם Proper name
- said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- unto the ass לָאָתוֹן lāʾātôn אָתוֹן Noun · feminine singular · with preposition with the
- Because thou hast mocked כִּי kî Conjunction הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ hitʿallalt עָלַל Verb · hithpael perfect, second person feminine singular
- me: I would בִּי bî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular לוּ lû לוּא Conjunction
- there were יֶשׁ yeš יֵשׁ Demonstrative
- a sword חֶרֶב ḥereb חֶרֶב Noun · feminine singular
- in mine hand בְּיָדִי bĕyādî יָד Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
- for now would I kill כִּי kî Conjunction עַתָּה ʿattâ Adverb הֲרַגְתִּיךְ hăragtîk הָרַג Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular · with suffix: second person feminine singular
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