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Numbers 24:1

NETBible	¹When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel,² he did not go as at the other times³ to seek for omens,⁴ but he set his face⁵ toward the wilderness.
NIV © biblegateway Num 24:1	Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as at other times, but turned his face towards the desert.
NASB © biblegateway Num 24:1	When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times to seek omens but he set his face toward the wilderness.
NLT © biblegateway Num 24:1	By now Balaam realized that the LORD intended to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as he often did. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,
MSG © biblegateway Num 24:1	By now Balaam realized that GOD wanted to bless Israel. So he didn't work in any sorcery as he had done earlier. He turned and looked out over the wilderness.
BBE © SABDAweb Num 24:1	Now when Balaam saw that it was the Lord’s pleasure to give his blessing to Israel, he did not, as at other times, make use of secret arts, but turning his face to the waste land,
NRSV © bibleoremus Num 24:1	Now Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, so he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
NKJV © biblegateway Num 24:1	Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times, to seek to use sorcery, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
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KJV	And when Balaam <01109> saw <07200> (8799) that it pleased <05869> <02895> (8804) the LORD <03068> to bless <01288> (8763) Israel <03478>_, he went <01980> (8804) not, as at other times <06471>_, to seek <07125> (8800) for enchantments <05173>_, but he set <07896> (8799) his face <06440> toward the wilderness <04057>_. {to seek...: Heb. to the meeting of}
NASB © biblegateway Num 24:1	When Balaam <01109> saw <07200> that it pleased <02895> <5869> the LORD <03068> to bless <01288> Israel <03478> , he did not go <01980> as at other <06471> times <06471> to seek <07122> omens <05173> but he set <07896> his face <06440> toward <0413> the wilderness <04057> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ idwn <3708> V-AAPNS balaam <903> N-PRI oti <3754> CONJ kalon <2570> A-ASN estin <1510> V-PAI-3S enanti <1725> PREP kuriou <2962> N-GSM eulogein <2127> V-PAN ton <3588> T-ASM israhl <2474> N-PRI ouk <3364> ADV eporeuyh <4198> V-API-3S kata <2596> PREP to <3588> T-ASN eiwyov <1486> V-RAPAS eiv <1519> PREP sunanthsin <4877> N-ASF toiv <3588> T-DPM oiwnoiv {N-DPM} kai <2532> CONJ apestreqen <654> V-AAI-3S to <3588> T-ASN proswpon <4383> N-ASN autou <846> D-GSM eiv <1519> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF erhmon <2048> N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	When Balaam <01109> saw <07200> that <03588> it pleased <05869> <02895> the Lord <03068> to bless <01288> Israel <03478> , he did not <03808> go <01980> as at the other times <06471> <06471> to seek <07125> for omens <05173> , but he set <07896> his face <06440> toward <0413> the wilderness <04057> .
HEBREW	wynp <06440> rbdmh <04057> la <0413> tsyw <07896> Mysxn <05173> tarql <07125> Mepb <06471> Mepk <06471> Klh <01980> alw <03808> larvy <03478> ta <0853> Krbl <01288> hwhy <03068> ynyeb <05869> bwj <02895> yk <03588> Melb <01109> aryw (24:1) <07200>

NETBible

¹When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel,² he did not go as at the other times³ to seek for omens,⁴ but he set his face⁵ toward the wilderness.

NET Notes

¹sn For a thorough study of the arrangement of this passage, see E. B. Smick, “A Study of the Structure of the Third Balaam Oracle,” The Law and the Prophets, 242-52. He sees the oracle as having an introductory strophe (vv. 3, 4), followed by two stanzas (vv. 5, 6) that introduce the body (vv. 7b-9b) before the final benediction (v. 9b).

²tn Heb “it was good in the eyes of the Lord.”

³tn Heb “as time after time.”

⁴tn The word נְחָשִׁים (nÿkhashim) means “omens,” or possibly “auguries.” Balaam is not even making a pretense now of looking for such things, because they are not going to work. God has overruled them.

⁵tn The idiom signifies that he had a determination and resolution to look out over where the Israelites were, so that he could appreciate more their presence and use that as the basis for his expressing of the oracle.