Numbers 23:18-24

Expanded Bible

“Stand up, Balak, and listen.
    Hear me, son of Zippor.
¹⁹ God is not a human being, and he will not lie.
    He is not a human, and he does not change his mind.
What he says he will do, ·he does [^Lwill he not do it?].
    What he promises, ·he makes come true [^Lwill he not fulfill it/make it come true?].
²⁰ He ·told [commanded] me to bless them,
    so I cannot change the blessing.
²¹ He ·has found [observes] no wrong in the people of Jacob;
    he saw no ·fault [trouble] in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
    and they praise their King.
²² God brought them out of Egypt;
    they are ·as strong as [^Llike the horns of] a wild ox.
²³ No ·tricks [divination] will work on the people of Jacob,
    and no magic will work against Israel.
People now say about ·them [^LJacob],
    ‘Look what God has done for Israel!’
²⁴ The people rise up like a lioness;
    they get up like a lion.
Lions don’t rest until they have eaten prey,
    until they have drunk ·their enemies’ blood [^Lthe blood of corpses].”