Numbers 23:27 KJV
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
Old Words
- peradventure perhaps; perchance
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Matthew Henry
- Balak's disappointment, and second sacrifice, Balaam again blesses IsraelBalak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second...
Thompson Chains
- ImmutabilitySee the chain from Psalms 33:11 · 2 links
Parallel Passages
- Numbers 23:13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Numbers 23:13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
- Numbers 23:19–20 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? …
- Job 23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
- Proverbs 19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
- Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
- Isaiah 14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
- Isaiah 46:10–11 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: …
- Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
- Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
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Topics
- God Providence of, overruling interpositions of the
- 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
Bible Dictionary
- BalakEmpty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites (Num 22:2, Num 22:4). From fear of the Israelites, who were encamped near the...
- 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...
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
Strong’s Numbers
- And Balak בָּלָק Bâlâq
- said אָמַר ʼâmar
- unto Balaam בִּלְעָם Bilʻâm
- Come יָלַךְ yâlak
- I pray thee, I will bring לָקַח lâqach
- thee unto another אַחֵר ʼachêr
- place מָקוֹם mâqôwm
- peradventure it will please יָשַׁר yâshar עַיִן ʻayin
- God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
- that thou mayest curse קָבַב qâbab
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