NET Bible
"So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you, but now the LORD has stood in the way of your honor.”"
— Numbers 24:11, NET Bible
“Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.”
“Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honor. ”
“Therefore now flee you to your place! I thought to promote you to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh has kept you back from honor."”
“Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly to honour thee, but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour designed for thee.”
“Go back quickly to the place you came from: it was my purpose to give you a place of honour, but now the Lord has kept you back from honour.”
“Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.”
God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull; they will devour hostile people and will break their bones and will pierce them through with arrows.
They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”
Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam,“I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!
So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you, but now the LORD has stood in the way of your honor.”
Balaam said to Balak,“Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
‘If Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD to do either good or evil of my own will, but whatever the LORD tells me I must speak’?
And now, I am about to go back to my own people. Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in the future.”