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Joshua 24

Josh. 24:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Butw I would
'abah (Hebrew #14)
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
KJV usage: consent, rest content will, be willing.
Pronounce: aw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
not hearken
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto Balaam
Bil`am (Hebrew #1109)
not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Balaam, Bileam.
Pronounce: bil-awm'
Origin: probably from 1077 and 5971
; therefore he blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
you still
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
: so I delivered
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
you out of his hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
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Deut. 23:4• 4because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. (Deut. 23:4)
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Mic. 6:5• 5O 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 Jehovah. (Mic. 6:5)

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Num. 22:11‑12,18‑20,35• 11Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
 12And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
 18And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
 19Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will say unto me more.
 20Then God came to Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up and go with them; but only what I shall say unto thee shalt thou do.
 35And the Angel of Jehovah said to Balaam, Go with the men, but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that shalt thou speak. And Balaam went with the princes of Balak. (Num. 22:11‑12,18‑20,35)
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Num. 23:3‑12,15‑26• 3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
 4And God [Elohim] met Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
 5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
 6And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
 7And he took up his parable, and said,{HR}Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram,{HR}From the mountains of the east:{HR}Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
 8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?{HR}Or how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
 9For from the top of the rocks I see him,{HR}And from the hills I behold him:{HR}Lo, the people shall dwell alone,{HR}And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
 10Who can count the dust of Jacob,{HR}And the number of the fourth part of Israel?{HR}Let me die the death of the righteous,{HR}And let my last end be like his!
 11And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
 12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?
 15And Balaam said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.
 16And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
 17And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
 18Then he took up his parable and said,{HR}Rise up, Balak, and hear;{HR}Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
 19Elohim is not a man, that he should lie;{HR}Neither the son of man, that he should repent:{HR}Hath he said, and shall he not do it?{HR}Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
 20Behold, I have received commandment to bless:{HR}And he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
 21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob,{HR}Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel:{HR}Jehovah his Elohim is with him,{HR}And the shout of a King is among them.
 22Elohim brought them out of Egypt;{HR}He hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.
 23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob,{HR}Neither is there any divination against Israel;{HR}According to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel,{HR}What hath God wrought!
 24Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion,{HR}And lift up himself as a young lion;{HR}He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,{HR}And drink the blood of the slain.
 25And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
 26And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do? (Num. 23:3‑12,15‑26)
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Num. 24:5‑10• 5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob,{HR}And thy tabernacles, O Israel!
 6As the valleys are they spread forth,{HR}As gardens by the river's side,{HR}As the trees of lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted,{HR}And as cedar trees beside the waters.
 7He shall pour the water out of his buckets,{HR}And his seed shall be in many waters,{HR}And his king shall be higher than Agag,{HR}And his kingdom shall be exalted.
 8God brought him forth out of Egypt; {HR}He hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.{HR}He shall consume the nations his enemies,{HR}And break their bones,{HR}And with his arrows shall smite them in pieces.{HR}
 9He stooped, he lay down like a lion,{HR}And like a lioness: who will stir him up?{HR}Blessed is he that blesseth thee,{HR}And cursed is he that curseth thee.
 10Then Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. (Num. 24:5‑10)
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Isa. 54:17• 17No weapon that is prepared against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] riseth against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 54:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.

W. Kelly Translation

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but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)