Numbers 22:38
And Bil'am said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee; have I now any power whatever to speak the least? the word that God may put in my mouth, that alone must I speak.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
39And Bil'am went with Balak, and they came unto Kiryath-chuzoth.
Cross References
Numbers 22:18And Bil'am answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the order of the Lord my God, to do a small or a great thing.
Numbers 23:26But Bil'am answered and said unto Balak, Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, all that the Lord will speak, that must I do.
1 Kings 22:14And Michayhu said, As the Lord liveth, truly, what the Lord may say unto me, that will I speak.
2 Chronicles 18:13And Michayhu said, As the Lord liveth, truly what my God may say, that will I speak.
Psalms 76:10(76:11) For the fury of man shall praise thee: the remainder of the fury wilt thou gird about thee.
Isaiah 44:25That frustrate the tokens of the liars, and confuseth diviners; that turneth the wise backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:37-41
Meeting between Balak and Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I… Read the whole commentary →