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Numbers 22:6

NETBible	So¹ now, please come and curse this nation² for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them³ and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed,⁴ and whoever you curse is cursed.”
NIV © biblegateway Num 22:6	Now come and put a curse on these people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the country. For I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed."
NASB © biblegateway Num 22:6	"Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since 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 he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."
NLT © biblegateway Num 22:6	Please come and curse them for me because they are so numerous. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on the people you bless. I also know that the people you curse are doomed."
MSG © biblegateway Num 22:6	Come and curse them for me--they're too much for me. Maybe then I can beat them; we'll attack and drive them out of the country. You have a reputation: Those you bless stay blessed; those you curse stay cursed."
BBE © SABDAweb Num 22:6	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Num 22:6	Come now, curse this people for me, since they are stronger than I; perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land; for I know that whomever you bless is blessed, and whomever you curse is cursed."
NKJV © biblegateway Num 22:6	"Therefore please come at once, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."
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KJV	Come <03212> (8798) now therefore, I pray thee, curse <0779> (8798) me this people <05971>_; for they [are] too mighty <06099> for me: peradventure I shall prevail <03201> (8799)_, [that] we may smite <05221> (8686) them, and [that] I may drive them out <01644> (8762) of the land <0776>_: for I wot <03045> (8804) that he whom thou blessest <01288> (8762) [is] blessed <01288> (8794)_, and he whom thou cursest <0779> (8799) is cursed <0779> (8714)_.
NASB © biblegateway Num 22:6	"Now <06258> , therefore, please <04994> come <01980> , curse <0779> this <02088> people <05971> for me since <03588> they are too <04480> mighty <06099> for me; perhaps <0194> I may be able <03201> to defeat <05221> them and drive <01644> them out of the land <0776> . For I know <03045> that he whom <0834> you bless <01288> is blessed <01288> , and he whom <0834> you curse <0779> is cursed <0779> ."
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ nun <3568> ADV deuro <1204> ADV arasai {V-AMD-2S} moi <1473> P-DS ton <3588> T-ASM laon <2992> N-ASM touton <3778> D-ASM oti <3754> CONJ iscuei <2480> V-PAI-3S outov <3778> D-NSM h <2228> CONJ hmeiv <1473> P-NP ean <1437> CONJ dunwmeya <1410> V-PMS-1P pataxai <3960> V-AAN ex <1537> PREP autwn <846> D-GPM kai <2532> CONJ ekbalw <1544> V-FAI-1S autouv <846> D-APM ek <1537> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF ghv <1065> N-GSF oti <3754> CONJ oida {V-RAI-1S} ouv <3739> R-APM ean <1437> CONJ euloghshv <2127> V-AAS-2S su <4771> P-NS euloghntai <2127> V-RMI-3P kai <2532> CONJ ouv <3739> R-APM ean <1437> CONJ katarash {V-FMI-2S} su <4771> P-NS kekathrantai {V-RMI-3P}
NET [draft] ITL	So now <06258> , please <04994> come <01980> and curse <0779> this <02088> nation <05971> for me, for <03588> they are too <04480> powerful <06099> for me <01931> . Perhaps <0194> I will prevail <03201> so that we may conquer <05221> them and drive <01644> them out <01644> of <04480> the land <0776> . For <03588> I know <03045> that whoever <0834> you bless <01288> is blessed <01288> , and whoever <0834> you curse <0779> is cursed <0779> .”
HEBREW	rawy <0779> rat <0779> rsaw <0834> Krbm <01288> Krbt <01288> rsa <0834> ta <0853> ytedy <03045> yk <03588> Urah <0776> Nm <04480> wnsrgaw <01644> wb <0> hkn <05221> lkwa <03201> ylwa <0194> ynmm <04480> awh <01931> Mwue <06099> yk <03588> hzh <02088> Meh <05971> ta <0853> yl <0> hra <0779> an <04994> hkl <01980> htew (22:6) <06258>

NETBible

So¹ now, please come and curse this nation² for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them³ and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed,⁴ and whoever you curse is cursed.”

NET Notes

¹tn The two lines before this verse begin with the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh), and so they lay the foundation for these imperatives. In view of those circumstances, this is what should happen.

²tn Heb “people.” So also in vv. 10, 17, 41.

³tn The construction uses the imperfect tense אוּכַל (’ukhal, “I will be able”) followed by the imperfect tense נַכֶּה (nakkeh, “we will smite/attack/defeat”). The second verb is clearly the purpose or the result of the first, even though there is no conjunction or particle.

⁴tn The verb is the Piel imperfect of בָּרַךְ (barakh), with the nuance of possibility: “whomever you may bless.” The Pual participle מְבֹרָךְ (mÿvorakh) serves as the predicate.