Bible in Basic English
"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?"
— Numbers 23:8, Bible in Basic English
“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 hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah 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?”
And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab.
And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.
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?
From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations.
Who is able to take the measure of the dust of Jacob or the number of the thousands of Israel? May my death be the death of the upright and my last end like his!
Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing.