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Numbers 23:8
New English Translation
Numbers 23:8
New English Translation
8 How[a] can I curse[b] one whom God has not cursed,
or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?
Footnotes
- Numbers 23:8 tn The figure is erotesis, a rhetorical question. He is actually saying he cannot curse them because God has not cursed them.
- Numbers 23:8 tn The imperfect tense should here be classified as a potential imperfect.
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