World English Bible
Numbers 22:31
“Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.”
Numbers 22:31 in the King James Version
Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.Read Numbers 22:31 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Numbers 22
Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.
The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?" He said, "No.
Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
The angel of Yahweh said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come forth as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me:
and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. Unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.
Cross references for Numbers 22:31
- Genesis 21:19
God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
- Luke 24:31
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
- Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16
David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between earth and the sky, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
- Numbers 24:16
he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
- Luke 24:16
But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
- Numbers 24:4
he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
- Exodus 34:8
Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
- John 18:6
When therefore he said to them, "I am he," they went backward, and fell to the ground.
- Psalms 9:20
Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.
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