NET Bible
"Balaam said to Balak,“Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,"
— Numbers 24:12, NET Bible
“And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,”
“And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying, ”
“Balaam said to Balak, "Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying,”
“Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me:”
“Then Balaam said to Balak, Did I not say to the men you sent to me,”
“And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,”
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.”
Balaam Prophesies a Fourth Time Then he uttered this oracle:“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;