Bible in Basic English
"And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say."
— Numbers 23:16, Bible in Basic English
“And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.”
“And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. ”
“Then the LORD met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said,“Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.””
And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.
So he took him into the country of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and there they made seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.
Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord.
And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?
And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:
God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?