במדבר 23:8
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
Context
This verse from במדבר Chapter 23 connects to 6 cross-references. Balaam offers sacrifices from three locations and speaks oracles, but each time God replaces the expected curse with a blessing over Israel. The first oracle proclaims Israel's separateness and multiplicity; the second declares God does not change purposes and that …
תרגומים נוספים
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
What--do I pierce? --God hath not pierced! And what--am I indignant? --Jehovah hath not been indignant!
How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?
הפניות צולבות
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, …
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if …
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge …
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall …
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are …