1 A nd Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

2 A nd Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.

3 A nd Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a bare hill.

4 A nd God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Now God met Balaam, and he said to Him, “I have set up the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.”

5 A nd Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

Then the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus.”

6 A nd he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab.

7 A nd he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

He took up his discourse and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab’s king from the mountains of the East, ‘ Come curse Jacob for me, And come, denounce Israel!’

8 H ow shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

“ How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

9 F or from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

“As I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; Behold, a people who dwells apart, And will not be reckoned among the nations.

10 W ho can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!

“ Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my end be like his!”

11 A nd Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have actually blessed them!”

12 A nd he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

He replied, “Must I not be careful to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”

13 A nd 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.

Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, although you will only see the extreme end of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

14 A nd he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

15 A nd he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.

And he said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the Lord over there.”

16 A nd Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

Then the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”

17 A nd he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?

He came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”

18 A nd he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

Then he took up his discourse and said, “Arise, O Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, O son of Zippor!

19 G od is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

“ God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

20 B ehold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

“Behold, I have received a command to bless; When He has blessed, then I cannot revoke it.

21 H e hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.

“ He has not observed misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The Lord his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.

22 G od bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.

“ God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

23 S urely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

“ For there is no omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done!

24 B ehold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

“ Behold, a people rises like a lioness, And as a lion it lifts itself; It will not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain.”

25 A nd Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

26 B ut Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

But Balaam replied to Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘ Whatever the Lord speaks, that I must do’?”

27 A nd Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there.”

28 A nd Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.

29 A nd Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

30 A nd Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.