Numbers 23:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsNumbers 23:3 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 →
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
בִּלְעָ֜ם
Bilʻâm
H1109
Balaam
לְבָלָ֗ק
Bâlâq
H1111
Balak
הִתְיַצֵּב֮
yâtsab
H3320
to stand
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
עֹלָתֶךָ֒
ʻôlâh
H5930
burnt offering
וְאֵֽלְכָ֗ה
yâlak
H3212
to walk
אוּלַ֞י
ʼûwlay
H194
perhaps
יִקָּרֵ֤ה
qârâh
H7136
to meet
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
לִקְרָאתִ֔י
qirʼâh
H7125
to meet
וּדְבַ֥ר
dâbâr
H1697
word
מַה
mâh
H4100
what
יַּרְאֵ֖נִי
râʼâh
H7200
to see
וְהִגַּ֣דְתִּי
nâgad
H5046
to make known
לָ֑ךְ
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
שֶֽׁפִי
shᵉphîy
H8205
bareness
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World English Bible Public Domain
Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you. He went to a bare height.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Balaam said to Balak, “Station yourself beside your burnt offering, and let me go. Perhaps Yahweh will meet me, and the word of whatever he makes me see, I will declare to you.” And he went to a bare height.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).