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Berean Standard Bible

“So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.””

Numbers 22:6

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”

World English Bible (WEB)

Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

King James Version (KJV)

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Ven pues ahora, te ruego, maldíceme este pueblo, porque es más fuerte que yo: quizá podré yo herirlo, y echarlo de la tierra: que yo sé que el que tú bendijeres, será bendito, y el que tú maldijeres, será maldito.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

envió mensajeros a Balán (hijo de Beor) quien vivía en su tierra natal de Petor, cerca del río Éufrates. En su mensaje el rey rogaba a Balán que fuera y les ayudara. ―Una multitud ha llegado de Egipto, cubren toda la superficie de nuestro país; y han acampado justo delante de mí —le decía—. Ven y maldícelos en mi nombre para que pueda echarlos de mi tierra. Sé que cuando tú bendices grandes bendiciones caen sobre ellos, y también sé que a quienes tú maldices les va mal en todo.

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