Numbers 23:20-22

International Standard Version

²⁰Look! I’ve received a blessing,
    and so I will bless.
        I won’t withdraw it.
²¹He has not responded to iniquity in Jacob
    or gazed at mischief in Israel.
The Lord his God is with them,
    and the triumphant cry of a king is among them.

²²From Egypt God brought them—
his strength was like a wild ox!

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Numbers 23:20-22

King James Version

²⁰Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

²¹He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

²²God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

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Numbers 23:20-22

New King James Version

²⁰Behold, I have received a command to bless;
^(A)He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

²¹“He^(B) has not observed iniquity in Jacob,
Nor has He seen ^[a]wickedness in Israel.
The Lord his God is with him,
^(C)And the shout of a King is among them.
²²^(D)God brings them out of Egypt;
He has ^(E)strength like a wild ox.

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Footnotes

Numbers 23:21 trouble

Numbers 23:20-22

New International Version

²⁰I have received a command to bless;^(A)
he has blessed,^(B) and I cannot change it.^(C)

²¹“No misfortune is seen in Jacob,^(D)
    no misery observed^[a] in Israel.^(E)
The Lord their God is with them;^(F)
    the shout of the King^(G) is among them.
²²God brought them out of Egypt;^(H)
    they have the strength of a wild ox.^(I)