Catholic Public Domain Version
"And I was not willing to listen to him, but on the contrary, I blessed you through him, and I freed you from his hand. "
— Joshua 24:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.”
“but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. ”
“but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.”
“I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.”
“And I would not hear him, but on the contrary I blessed you by him, and I delivered you out of his hand.”
“But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.”
“But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.”
Then the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord. And he stationed a darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he led the sea over them, and he covered them. Your eyes saw all that I did in Egypt, and you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
And I led you into the land of the Amorite, who was living beyond the Jordan. And when they fought against you, I delivered them into your hands, and you possessed their land, and you put them to death.
Then Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel. And he sent and called for Balaam, the son of Beor, so that he might curse you.
And I was not willing to listen to him, but on the contrary, I blessed you through him, and I freed you from his hand.
And you crossed over the Jordan, and you arrived at Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you: the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. And I delivered them into your hands.
And I sent wasps before you. And I drove them from their places, the two kings of the Amorites, but not by your sword, and not by your bow.
And I gave you a land, in which you did not labor, and cities, which you did not build, so that you might live in them, and vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant.’