Numbers 23:8 KJV — MannaFest

Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?

KJV

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ASV

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

WEB

How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?

YLT

What--do I pierce? --God hath not pierced! And what--am I indignant? --Jehovah hath not been indignant!

DBT

How shall I curse whomGod hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?

About this book

Old Testament

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Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Author: Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date: The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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Cross-references

11 verses on the floor

Proverbs 26:2
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Isaiah 49:25
But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
Numbers 23:23
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Isaiah 44:25
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Numbers 23:20
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

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Thirdly, It is a confession of the inviolable security of the people of God. God's Israel are owned and blessed of him. He has not cursed them, for they are delivered from the curse of the law; he has not defied them, nor rejected or abandoned them, though mean and vile.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Hath he spoken in his word, in his promise, and shall he not make it good? Can we think otherwise of God than that he is unchangeably one with himself and true to his word? All his decrees are unalterable, and all his promises inviolable." 2.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?--A divine blessing has been pronounced over the posterity of Jacob; and therefore, whatever prodigies can be achieved by my charms, all magical skill, all human power, is utterly impotent to counteract the decree of God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

NUM 23:8NUM 23:20 GEN 12:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NUM 23:8NUM 23:23 LUK 10:18-19
NUM 23:8NUM 23:20 JHN 10:27-29
NUM 23:8NUM 23:23 JOS 13:22
NUM 23:8NUM 23:20 NUM 22:12
NUM 23:8ISA 44:25 PSA 33:10
NUM 23:8ISA 44:25 JOB 5:12-14
NUM 23:8NUM 22:12 DEU 23:5

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