Numbers 22:37

and Balak says to Balaam, “Did I not diligently send to you to call for you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not truly able to honor you?”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

36And Balak hears that Balaam has come, and goes out to meet him, to a city of Moab, which [is] on the border of Arnon, which [is] in the extremity of the border;

38And Balaam says to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you; now, am I able to speak anything at all? The word which God sets in my mouth—it I speak.”

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Cross References

Numbers 24:11and now, flee for yourself to your place; I have said, I greatly honor you, and behold, YHWH has kept you back from honor.”

Matthew 4:8Again the Devil takes Him to a very high mountain, and shows to Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

John 5:44how are you able—you—to believe, receiving glory from one another, and the glory that [is] from God alone you do not seek?

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 →

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