THEOSISNumbers 22:38Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth?
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר בִּלְעָ֜ם אֶל־בָּלָ֗ק הִֽנֵּה־בָ֙אתִי֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ עַתָּ֕ה הֲיָכ֥וֹל אוּכַ֖ל דַּבֵּ֣ר מְא֑וּמָה הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׂ֧ים אֱלֹהִ֛ים בְּפִ֖י אֹת֥וֹ אֲדַבֵּֽר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 19:21There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.
- Num 22:18Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less.
- Num 23:16And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say to him.
- Num 23:26And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?
- Ps 33 (32):10
- Ps 76 (75):10
- Isa 46:10Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done:
- Isa 44:25That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish.