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27 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff.

28 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?” 29 And Balaam said to the donkey, “You have made me look stupid; I wish[a] there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 22:29 tn The optative clause is introduced with the particle לוּ (lu).