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Numbers Chapter 23 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Numbers 23:20

Behold, I have received `commandment' to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
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BBE Numbers 23:20

See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.
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DARBY Numbers 23:20

Behold, I have received [mission] to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
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KJV Numbers 23:20

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
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WBT Numbers 23:20

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
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WEB Numbers 23:20

Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
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YLT Numbers 23:20

Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I `can'not reverse it.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - I have received commandment to bless. The word "commandment "is not wanted here. Balaam had received, not instructions, but an inward revelation of the Divine will which he could not contravene.

Ellicott's Commentary