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Numbers 22:28

Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

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ASV

And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

KJV

And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּפְתַּ֥חvai.yif.Tachand he openedH6605 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
פִּ֣יpi[the] mouth ofH6310 →
הָאָת֑וֹןha.'a.Tonthe donkeyH860 →
וַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merand it saidH559 →
לְבִלְעָם֙le.vil.'Amto BalaamH1109 →
מֶה־meh-what?H4100 →
עָשִׂ֣יתִֽי'a.Si.tihave I doneH6213 →
לְךָ֔le.Khato <the> you
כִּ֣יkithatH3588 →
הִכִּיתַ֔נִיhi.ki.Ta.niyou have struck meH5221 →
זֶ֖הzehthisH2088 →
שָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshthreeH7969 →
רְגָלִֽים׃re.ga.LimfeetH7272 →

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2 Peter 2:16But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.Luke 1:37For no word from God will ever fail.”Exodus 4:11And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?2 Peter 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.1 Corinthians 1:19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”John 11:51Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,Numbers 22:32The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.Romans 8:22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

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About Numbers

An Angel Appears to Balaam — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
An Angel Appears to Balaam — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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