“How(A) shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

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23 “For there is no [a]sorcery against Jacob,
Nor any [b]divination against Israel.
It now must be said of Jacob
And of Israel, ‘Oh, (A)what God has done!’

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:23 enchantment
  2. Numbers 23:23 fortune-telling

25 Who (A)frustrates the signs (B)of the babblers,
And drives diviners mad;
Who turns wise men backward,
(C)And makes their knowledge foolishness;

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20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
(A)He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

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12 And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for (A)they are blessed.”

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12 “Stand now with your enchantments
And the multitude of your sorceries,
In which you have labored from your youth—
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you will prevail.
13 (A)You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels;
Let now (B)the[a] astrologers, the stargazers,
And [b]the monthly prognosticators
Stand up and save you
From what shall come upon you.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 47:13 Lit. viewers of the heavens
  2. Isaiah 47:13 Lit. those giving knowledge for new moons

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