Hebrew Language Versions
KJV Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
KJVP Because H3588 they met H6923 not H3808 H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 with bread H3899 and with water, H4325 but hired H7936 H853 Balaam H1109 against H5921 them , that he should curse H7043 them : howbeit our God H430 turned H2015 the curse H7045 into a blessing. H1293
YLT because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against them Balaam to revile them, and our God turneth the reviling into a blessing.
ASV because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
WEB because they didn\'t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
RV because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
NET for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)
ERVEN That law was written because those people didn't give the Israelites food and water. And they had paid Balaam to say a curse against the Israelites. But our God changed that curse and made it a blessing for us.