Numbers 24:12
12 Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell the messengers you sent me,
Other Translations of Numbers 24:12
King James Version
12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
12 And Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
The Message
12 Balaam said to Balak, "Didn't I tell you up front when you sent your emissaries,
New King James Version
12 So Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
New Living Translation
12 Balaam told Balak, "Don't you remember what I told your messengers? I said,
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 24:12
Commentary on Numbers 24:10-14
(Read Numbers 24:10-14)
This vain attempt to curse Israel is ended. Balak broke out into a rage against Balaam, and expressed great vexation. Balaam has a very full excuse; God restrained him from saying what he would have said, and constrained him to say what he would not have uttered.