And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?
WEB
But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
YLT
and he answereth and saith, `That which Jehovah doth put in my mouth--it do I not take heed to speak?'
DBT
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — 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