Numbers 22:14
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.
Webster's Revision
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
World English Bible
The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
Clarke's Numbers 22:14 Bible Commentary
Balaam refuseth to come with us - "Observe," says Mr. Ainsworth, "Satan's practice against God's word, seeking to lessen the same, and that from hand to hand, till he bring it to naught. Balaam told the princes less than God told him, and they relate to Balak less than Balaam told them; so that when the answer came to the king of Moab, it was not the word of God, but the word of man; it was simply, Balaam refuseth to come, without ever intimating that God had forbidden him." But in this Balaam is not to blame; he told the messengers in the most positive manner, Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you, Numbers 22:13; and more explicit he could not be.