Numbers 23:8

NETBible	How¹ can I curse² one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?
NIV © biblegateway Num 23:8	How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
NASB © biblegateway Num 23:8	"How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?
NLT © biblegateway Num 23:8	But how can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom the LORD has not condemned?
MSG © biblegateway Num 23:8	How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I damn whom GOD has not damned?
BBE © SABDAweb Num 23:8	How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?
NRSV © bibleoremus Num 23:8	How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
NKJV © biblegateway Num 23:8	"How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?
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KJV	How <04100> shall I curse <05344> (8799)_, whom God <0410> hath not cursed <06895> (8804)_? or how shall I defy <02194> (8799)_, [whom] the LORD <03068> hath not defied <02194> (8804)_?
NASB © biblegateway Num 23:8	"How <04100> shall I curse <06895> whom God <0410> has not cursed <06895> ? And how <04100> can I denounce <02194> whom the LORD <03068> has not denounced <02194> ?
LXXM	ti <5100> I-ASN araswmai {V-AMS-1S} on <3739> R-ASM mh <3165> ADV kataratai {V-PMI-3S} kuriov <2962> N-NSM h <2228> CONJ ti <5100> I-ASN kataraswmai {V-AMS-1S} on <3739> R-ASM mh <3165> ADV kataratai {V-PMI-3S} o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	How <04100> can I curse <05344> one whom God <0410> has not <03808> cursed <06895> , or how <04100> can I denounce <02194> one whom the Lord <03068> has not <03808> denounced <02194> ?
HEBREW	hwhy <03068> Mez <02194> al <03808> Meza <02194> hmw <04100> la <0410> hbq <06895> al <03808> bqa <05344> hm (23:8) <04100>

NETBible

How¹ can I curse² one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?

NET Notes

¹tn The figure is erotesis, a rhetorical question. He is actually saying he cannot curse them because God has not cursed them.

²tn The imperfect tense should here be classified as a potential imperfect.