Numbers 24:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. ”

Numbers 24:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the (g) LORD hath kept thee back from honour. (g) Thus the wicked burden God when they cannot carry out th...
Numbers 24:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Balak's Dismissal of Balaam. Balak shows his contempt for the seer, who had failed to earn the promised reward, by clapping his hands together (a mark of scorn, Job 27:23 ); whilst Balaam, before...
Numbers 24:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

promote thee unto great honour. See note on Numbers 22:17 ; Numbers 22:37 . lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Numbers 24:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. Lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honor - A bitter and impiou...
Numbers 24:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord hath kept thee back from honour— Pyle has paraphrased this very well: "The God you seem to be so great withal has deprived you of the best post in my court, for the service you have done h...
Numbers 24:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. Therefore now flee thou to thy place - (see the note at...
Numbers 24:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Balaam (continued) 1-9. Balaam's Third Utterance.
Numbers 24:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord hath kept thee back from honour. — These words may have been spoken ironically, or Balak may have been convinced of the supernatural influence under which the words of Balaam were uttered....
Numbers 24:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BALAAM'S PARABLES Numbers 22:39-41 , Numbers 24:1-9 THE scene is now on some mountain of Moab from which the encampment of the Hebrew tribes in the plain of the Jordan is fully visible. At Kir...
Numbers 24:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Balaam's Vision of Israel's Prosperity Numbers 24:1-14 In these remarkable words Balaam describes the condition and prospects of God's people. They reveal the innermost thought which even a bad...
Numbers 24:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From the closing sentences in chapter twenty-three we learn that Balaam was taken to yet another place of vision, from whence he looked on the desert. The Spirit of God came upon him and again he utt...
Numbers 24:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The anger of Balak would most probably have broken out in some act of violence upon Balaam's person, had he not been restrained by fear. And it is likely that, as the LORD had yet more prophecies to...
Numbers 24:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

MAN PROPOSES: GOD DISPOSES ‘Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, to, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.’ Numbers 24:11 Balaam, it ne...
Numbers 24:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore now flee thou to thy place ,.... His own country, from whence Balak had sent for him, and he came; begone directly, make all haste away; he speaks as one so provoked, that he could not bea...
Numbers 24:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

BALAAM'S THIRD PROPHECY (vs.1-13) THE BEAUTY OF LIFE At least Balaam had learned by now that the Lord had the unchangeable purpose of blessing Israel, so this time he knew it was useless to s...
Numbers 24:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Balak's Remonstrance. B. C. 1452. 10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and...
Numbers 24:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Flee thou to thy place, whence I sent for thee, Numbers 22:5 . The Lord, whose commands thou hast preferred before my desires and interest; and therefore seek thy recompence from him, and not fr...
Numbers 24:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“ Therefore now flee you to your place. I thought to promote you to great honour, but, lo, Yahweh has kept you back from honour.” Then he warned him to flee before vengeance overtook him. He had...
Numbers 24:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 24:1 . To seek for enchantments . See Notes on Numbers 23:3 ; Numbers 23:23 . He set his face toward the wilderness, i.e. , towards the plains of Moab, w...
Numbers 24:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Numbers 24:11 Balaam, it need hardly be said was a very eminent, he was even an extraordinary, man. He lived largely among the wild race of the Midianites, but he had gifts and powers which, so fa...
Numbers 24:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 24:7 . He shall pour the water. This is a fine prediction of the increase of Jacob's seed, and of the temporal blessings which should fall to their lot. Agag, a perpetual name assumed by t...
Numbers 24:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam. Balaam and Balak I. The cause of Balak’s anger. That Balaam had not fulfilled the terms of his contract ( Numbers 24:10-11 ). 1. Consider the reason...
Numbers 24:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 24:1 As at other times, or, "as (he had done) time after time." Septuagint, κατὰ τὸ εἰωθός. To seek for enchantments. Rather, "for the meeting with aunties." לִקְמראת נְח...
Numbers 24:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Third Blessing
Numbers 24:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:2 ; 1 Peter 5:3 ; 2 John 1:8 ; Acts 8:20 ; Hebrews 11:24-26 ; Matthew 19:28-30 ; Numbers 22:17 ; Numbers 22:37 ; Philippians 3:8
Numbers 24:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Lord — Whose commands thou hast preferred before my desires and interest; and therefore seek thy recompence from him, and not from me.

Numbers 24:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 24:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 24:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 24:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 24:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 24:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 24:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 24:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 24:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 24:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Numbers 24:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 24:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 24:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 24:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 24:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 24:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes