American Standard Version
"How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied? "
— Numbers 23:8, American Standard Version
“How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?”
“How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?”
“How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the LORD has not denounced?”
“How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?”
“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?”
“How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?”
And Jehovah put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?
For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.