Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

Blessed {be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly {places} in Christ: {places: or, things}

For the gifts and calling of God {are} without repentance.

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

God {is} not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do {it}? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Happy {art} thou, O Israel: who {is} like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who {is} the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. {found...: or, subdued}

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Happy {is he} that {hath} the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope {is} in the LORD his God:

And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only {son}:

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

Surely {there is} no enchantment against Jacob, neither {is there} any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! {against: or, in}

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

Happy {is that} people, that is in such a case: {yea}, happy {is that} people, whose God {is} the LORD.

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 sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. {to an...: or, solitary}

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

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, {whom} the LORD hath not defied?

(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye {are}, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they {are} too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, {that} we may smite them, and {that} I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest {is} blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. {displease...: Heb. be evil in thine eyes}