Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
The 1611 reading
Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: and hee hath blessed, and I cannot reuerse it.
KJV dictionary & concordance
To revoke, annul, or undo.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Numbers 23:20
Complete exact-word concordance
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: and hee hath blessed, and I cannot reuerse it.
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
And said, If it please the king, and if I haue found fauour in his sight, and the thing seeme right before the king, and I bee pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reuerse the letters deuised by Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite, which hee wrote to destroy the Iewes, which are in all the kings prouinces.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the deuice.
1611 marginal noteOr, who wrote.
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.
Write ye also for the Iewes, as it liketh you, in the Kings name, and seale it with the Kings ring: for the writing which is written in the Kings name, and sealed with the Kings ring, may no man reuerse.
1611 marginal noteSee Chap. 1.19.
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