Numbers 23:27
¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
¶ And Balak saide vnto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee vnto another place, peraduenture it will please God, that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
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- Romans 11:29Rank 1 from verse 27
- Isaiah 14:27Rank 2 from verse 27
- Isaiah 46:10–11Rank 3 from verse 27
10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
10*Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I wil doe all my pleasure:
11†Calling a rauenous bird from the East, the man that executeth my counsell from a farre countrey; yea I haue spoken it, I will also bring it to passe, I haue purposed it, I will also doe it.
- Numbers 23:13Rank 5 from verse 27
13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
13And Balak said vnto him, Come, I pray thee, with me, vnto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
- Numbers 23:19–20Rank 6 from verse 27
19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
19God is not a man that he should lie, neither the sonne of man, that hee should repent: hath he said, and shall he not doe it? or, hath hee spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: and hee hath blessed, and I cannot reuerse it.
- Proverbs 19:21Rank 7 from verse 27
- Proverbs 21:30Rank 8 from verse 27
- Malachi 3:6Rank 9 from verse 27
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Numbers 23:27
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.
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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.
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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.
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peradventure
Perhaps, possibly, it may be, or if it should happen.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: To give pleasure or satisfaction to; to be agreeable or acceptable to; to gratify. Sense 2: To choose, desire, will, or see fit.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The one true God.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A pronouncement, sentence, or imposed condition of evil, loss, or judgment; an oath invoking such a penalty. Sense 2: As a verb, to pronounce judgment or evil upon, condemn, or revile.
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From that place, position, point, or source; away from there.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?
26But Balaam answered, and said vnto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must doe?
27¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
27¶ And Balak saide vnto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee vnto another place, peraduenture it will please God, that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
Selected passage28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
28And Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshimon.