Numbers 24:11

11 Now leave at once and go home! I said I would reward you handsomely, but the LORD has kept you from being rewarded.”

Numbers 24:11 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
English Standard Version (ESV)
11 Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, 'I will certainly honor you,' but the LORD has held you back from honor."
New Living Translation (NLT)
11 Now get out of here! Go back home! I promised to reward you richly, but the LORD has kept you from your reward.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
11 Get out of here! Go home! I told you I would pay you well, but you're getting nothing. You can blame God."
American Standard Version (ASV)
11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honor.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
11 Get out of here! Go home! I said I'd reward you richly, but the LORD has made you lose your reward."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
11 Now go to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but look, the Lord has denied you a reward."
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
11 Get out of here right away! Go home! I said I'd make you very rich. But the LORD has kept you from getting rich."

Numbers 24:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 24:11

Therefore now flee thou to thy place
His own country, from whence Balak had sent for him, and he came; begone directly, make all haste away; he speaks as one so provoked, that he could not bear him in his presence, and as threatening him if he did not at once get out of his sight:

I thought to promote thee unto great honour;
to bestow much wealth and riches upon him, and to prefer him in his court to high offices of honour and dignity; he had promised that he would, and he thought as he said, he was determined upon it, had he performed as he expected:

but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour;
the Lord thou hast so much talked of, and at whose beck and command thou hast been, and by whom thou hast been checked and controlled, he has hindered thee from riches and honour; see what thou hast got, or rather lost, by hearkening to him, and how he will pay thee for it.

Numbers 24:11 In-Context

9 Like a lion they crouch and lie down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse them? “May those who bless you be blessed and those who curse you be cursed!”
10 Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam. He struck his hands together and said to him, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but you have blessed them these three times.
11 Now leave at once and go home! I said I would reward you handsomely, but the LORD has kept you from being rewarded.”
12 Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell the messengers you sent me,
13 ‘Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD—and I must say only what the LORD says’?

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