Numbers 23:8
ContextNET © | How 1 can I curse 2 one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced? |
NIV © | How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced? |
NASB © | "How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced? |
NLT © | But how can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom the LORD has not condemned? |
MSG © | How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I damn whom GOD has not damned? |
BBE © | 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? |
NRSV © | How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced? |
NKJV © | "How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced? |
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NET © | How 1 can I curse 2 one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced? |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The figure is erotesis, a rhetorical question. He is actually saying he cannot curse them because God has not cursed them. 2 tn The imperfect tense should here be classified as a potential imperfect. |