Numbers 22:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 22:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְעַתָּה֩
ʻattâh
H6258
now
לְכָה
yâlak
H3212
to walk
נָּ֨א
nâʼ
H4994
please
אָֽרָה
ʼârar
H779
to curse
לִּ֜י
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָעָ֣ם
ʻam
H5971
people
הַזֶּ֗ה
zeh
H2088
this
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
עָצ֥וּם
ʻâtsûwm
H6099
mighty
הוּא֙
hûwʼ
H1931
he
מִמֶּ֔נִּי
min
H4480
from
אוּלַ֤י
ʼûwlay
H194
perhaps
אוּכַל֙
yâkôl
H3201
to prevail
נַכֶּה
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
בּ֔וֹ
וַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ
gârash
H1644
to drive out
מִן
min
H4480
from
הָאָ֑רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
יָדַ֗עְתִּי
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
אֵ֤ת
ʼêth
H853
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אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תְּבָרֵךְ֙
bârak
H1288
to bless
מְבֹרָ֔ךְ
bârak
H1288
to bless
וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
תָּאֹ֖ר
ʼârar
H779
to curse
יוּאָֽר
ʼârar
H779
to curse
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World English Bible Public Domain
Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.
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King James Version Public Domain
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And now, please come, curse people this for me, for it mightier than I. Perhaps I will be able we strike against it and I drive it out from the land. For I know that whom you bless is blessed, and whom you curse will be cursed.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).