World English Bible
"How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?"
— Numbers 23:8, World English Bible
“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 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?”
Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."
He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells 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! Let my last end be like his!"
Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether."