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Numbers 22:6

So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”

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ASV

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

KJV

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

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28 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּה֩ve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
לְכָה־le.khah-come !H1980 →
נָּ֨אna'pleaseH4994 →
אָֽרָה־'a.rah-curse !H779 →
לִּ֜יlifor <the> me
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָעָ֣םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
הַזֶּ֗הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
עָצ֥וּם'a.Tzum[is too] mightyH6099 →
הוּא֙hu'itH1931 →
מִמֶּ֔נִּיmi.Me.nifor meH4480 →
אוּלַ֤י'u.LaiperhapsH194 →
אוּכַל֙'u.KhalI will be ableH3201 →
נַכֶּה־na.keh-to strikeH5221 →
בּ֔וֹbo<in> <the> it
וַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּva.'a.ga.re.She.nuand I will drive out itH1644 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
יָדַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knowH3045 →
אֵ֤ת'et<obj.>H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-[the one] whomH834 →
תְּבָרֵךְ֙te.va.reKhyou blessH1288 →
מְבֹרָ֔ךְme.vo.Rakh[is] blessedH1288 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֥רva.'a.Sherand [the one] whomH834 →
תָּאֹ֖רta.'Oryou curseH779 →
יוּאָֽר׃yu.'Arhe is cursedH779 →

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Numbers 24:9He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”Numbers 23:7–8And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’Numbers 24:10Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.Deuteronomy 23:4For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.1 Kings 22:6So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”Genesis 27:29May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”Acts 16:16One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.Nehemiah 13:2because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).Acts 8:9–10Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,Numbers 22:12But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”1 Kings 22:13Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold now, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”Ezekiel 13:6They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.Numbers 22:17for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”1 Samuel 17:43“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.Psalms 109:17–18The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.Isaiah 47:12–13So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

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