Numbers 23:20
Look, I have been commanded to bless. 2 God has given a blessing, and I cannot reverse it. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you and I will greatly multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants will possess the gate of their enemies.
Numbers 22:12God replied to Balaam, “You must not go with those men. You must not curse the people of Israel because they have been blessed.”
Numbers 22:38Then Balaam replied to Balak, “See, I have come to you. Do I now have any power to say anything? I can only say the words that God puts into my mouth.”
Isaiah 43:13From this day on I am he, 1 and no one can rescue anyone from my hand. I act, and who can turn it back?” 1
Romans 8:38For I have been convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor governments, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30
Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →