³⁴ And Laban said, “Oh, that it were according to your word!”

^12 (A)I could wish that those ^(B)who trouble you would even ^[a]cut themselves off!

⁵ I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; ^[a]for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.

⁷ For ^(A)I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.

²⁹ And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have ^[a]abused me. I wish there were a sword in my hand, ^(A)for now I would kill you!”