Numbers 22:29 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 22:29

Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Balaam said - Balaam was not much terrified with the ass's speaking, because perhaps he was accustomed to converse with evil spirits, who appeared to him and discoursed with him in the shape of such creatures. Perhaps he was so blinded by passion, that he did not consider the strangeness of the thing.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
בִּלְעָם֙	bil.'Am	Balaam	H1109 →
לָֽאָת֔וֹן	la.'a.Ton	to the donkey	H860 →
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
הִתְעַלַּ֖לְתְּ	hit.'a.Lalt	you have dealt wantonly	H5953 →
בִּ֑י	Bi	with <the> me
ל֤וּ	lu	if	H3863 →
יֶשׁ־	yesh-	there	H3426 →
חֶ֙רֶב֙	che.rev	[were] a sword	H2719 →
בְּיָדִ֔י	be.ya.Di	in hand my	H3027 →
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
עַתָּ֖ה	'a.Tah	now	H6258 →
הֲרַגְתִּֽיךְ׃	ha.rag.Tikh	I killed you	H2026 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:9
  The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 7:21–23
  For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- Galatians 5:19–21
  The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- James 1:13–15
  When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
- Titus 3:2–6
  to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
Through
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 25:4
  Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
Through
Proverbs 12:16
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
leads to
- Proverbs 29:11
  A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
- James 1:19
  My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Numbers

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Numbers