Verse 12

And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Gud sa til Bileam: 'Du skal ikke gå med dem. Du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Gud sa til Bileam: «Du skal ikke gå med dem. Du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet.»

• Norsk King James

  Og Gud sa til Balaam: Du skal ikke dra med dem; du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Gud sa til Bileam: Du skal ikke gå med dem og ikke forbann folket, for de er velsignet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men Gud sa til Bileam: "Du skal ikke gå med dem. Du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men Gud sa til Bileam, «Du skal ikke gå med dem. Du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet.»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men Gud sa til Balaam: «Du skal ikke gå med dem, og du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Men Gud sa til Bileam, «Du skal ikke gå med dem. Du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men Gud sa til Bileam: «Du skal ikke gå med dem. Du skal ikke forbanne dette folket, for de er velsignet.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But God said to Balaam, 'Do not go with them. You must not curse the people, for they are blessed.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Numbers.22.12", "source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־בִּלְעָ֔ם לֹ֥א תֵלֵ֖ךְ עִמָּהֶ֑ם לֹ֤א תָאֹר֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם כִּ֥י בָר֖וּךְ הֽוּא׃", "text": "*wə-yōʾmer* *ʾĕlōhîm* to-*bilʿām* not *tēlēk* with-them not *tāʾōr* *ʾet*-the-*ʿām* because *bārûk* *hûʾ*", "grammar": { "*wə-yōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural - God", "*bilʿām*": "proper noun - Balaam", "*tēlēk*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will go", "*tāʾōr*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will curse", "*ʿām*": "masculine singular with definite article - the people", "*bārûk*": "qal passive participle masculine singular - blessed", "*hûʾ*": "3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he/it" }, "variants": { "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine beings (grammatically plural but typically referring to the singular God)", "*tāʾōr*": "curse/execrate/put under a curse" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men Gud sa til Bileam: 'Du skal ikke gå med dem. Du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Gud sagde til Bileam: Du skal ikke gaae med dem; du skal ikke forbande Folket, thi det er velsignet.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Gud sa til Bileam: «Du skal ikke gå med dem. Du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Gud sa til Bileam: "Du skal ikke gå med dem. Du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gud sa til Bileam: «Du skal ikke gå med dem. Du skal ikke forbanne folket, for de er velsignet.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men Gud sa til Bileam: «Du skal ikke gå med dem; du skal ikke forbanne dette folket, for de er velsignet.»

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men Gud sa til Bileam: Du skal ikke gå med dem, og du skal ikke forbanne dette folket, for de er velsignet.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And god sayed vnto Balam: thou shalt not goo with them nether curse the people for they are blessed.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But God sayde vnto Balaam: Go not with them, & curse not that people, for they are blessed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And God said vnto Balaam, Go not thou with them, neither curse the people, for they are blessed.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And God said vnto Balaam: Go not thou with them, neither curse the people: for they are blessed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and God saith unto Balaam, `Thou dost not go with them; thou dost not curse the people; for it `is' blessed.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.

• World English Bible (2000)

  God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But God said to Balaam,“You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
• Gen 22:16-18 : 16 And said, By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies; 18 And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice.
• Num 22:19-20 : 19 Now therefore, I pray you, stay here this night also, that I may know what more the LORD will say to me. 20 And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up, and go with them; but only the word which I shall say to you, that shall you do.
• Num 23:3 : 3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me, I will tell you. And he went to a high place.
• Num 23:13-15 : 13 And Balak said to him, Come, please, with me to another place from where you can see them; you shall see only the utmost part of them and shall not see them all, and curse them for me from there. 14 And he brought him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. 15 And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.
• Num 23:19-20 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? 20 Behold, I have received a commandment to bless, and he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
• Num 23:23 : 23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel; at this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!
• Deut 23:5 : 5 Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.
• Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your majesty! And your enemies shall be found liars to you; and you shall tread upon their high places.
• Job 33:15-17 : 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction, 17 That He may withdraw man from his purpose and hide pride from man.
• Ps 144:15 : 15 Happy is that people who are in such a case: yes, happy is that people whose God is the LORD.
• Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
• Mic 6:5 : 5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteousness of the LORD.
• Matt 27:19 : 19 When he sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.
• Rom 4:6-7 : 6 Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works, 7 Saying, Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
• Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ: