KJV King James Version
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!
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Numbers 23:23
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!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
WEB World English Bible
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!
ASV American Standard Version
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For no enchantment is against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!
Surrounding context — Numbers 23
20 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God [is] with him, and the shout of a king [is] among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23 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!
24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat [of] the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֤יH3588 · kiforלֹא־H3808 · lonotנַ֙חַשׁ֙H5173 · na.chashdivinationבְּיַעֲקֹ֔בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobוְלֹא־H3808 · lonotקֶ֖סֶםH7081 · qe.semdivinationבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelכָּעֵ֗תH6256 · ettimeיֵאָמֵ֤רH559 · a.marto sayלְיַעֲקֹב֙H3290 · ya.a.qovJacobוּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelמַה־H4100 · mahwhat?פָּ֖עַלH6466 · pa.alto workאֵֽל׃H410 · elGod
Cross-references
Luke 10:18-19And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.Joshua 13:22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.Psalm 64:9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.Numbers 24:1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.Micah 6:4-5For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.Romans 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen.Matthew 12:27And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast [them] out? therefore they shall be your judges.Galatians 1:23-24But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.Numbers 22:6-7Come 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.Acts 10:38How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.Matthew 16:18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.Micah 7:15According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous [things].Acts 4:16Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them [is] manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny [it].Isaiah 41:4Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I [am] he.Isaiah 63:9-12In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.Psalm 126:2-3Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.Matthew 12:25And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
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