If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do {either} good or bad of mine own mind; {but} what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God {was} your king.

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat {was} yet in their mouths,

I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took {him} away in my wrath.

{Even him}, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. {bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate}

And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: {and} they walked in their own counsels. {unto...: or, to the hardness of their hearts, or, imagination}

And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I {am} a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men {are} these with thee?

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. {either...: Heb. from good to bad}

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because {thy} way is perverse before me: {to...: Heb. to be an adversary unto thee}

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling {into a trance}, but having his eyes open:

If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do {either} good or bad of mine own mind; {but} what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon {every} altar a bullock and a ram.

They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat {was} yet in their mouths,