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Numbers 22:34

“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”

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ASV

And Balaam said unto the angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

KJV

And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
בִּלְעָ֜םbil.'AmBalaamH1109 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
מַלְאַ֤ךְmal.'Akh[the] angel ofH4397 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
חָטָ֔אתִיcha.Ta.tiI have sinnedH2398 →
כִּ֚יkiforH3588 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knewH3045 →
כִּ֥יkithatH3588 →
אַתָּ֛ה'a.TahyouH859 →
נִצָּ֥בni.Tzav[were] standingH5324 →
לִקְרָאתִ֖יlik.ra.Tito meet meH7122 →
בַּדָּ֑רֶךְba.Da.rekhin the roadH1870 →
וְעַתָּ֛הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
רַ֥עra'[it is] displeasingH7489 →
בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view yourH5869 →
אָשׁ֥וּבָה'a.Shu.vahI will turn backH7725 →
לִּֽי׃Lifor <the> myself

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1 Samuel 15:24Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.Job 34:31–32Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.2 Samuel 12:13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.1 Samuel 15:30“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”1 Samuel 26:21Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”Proverbs 24:18or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.Numbers 14:40Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”1 Chronicles 21:7This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.Exodus 10:16–17Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.Exodus 9:27Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.Matthew 27:4–5“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”Numbers 11:1Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.Psalms 78:34When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.Numbers 22:12But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”1 Samuel 29:7Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”Deuteronomy 1:41“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.Exodus 10:16Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

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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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