Numbers 24:11

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

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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 t...
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 m...
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.
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 ha...
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...
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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. Therefo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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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 ba...
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; h...
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 blessin...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Balak's Remonstrance. B. C. 1452. 10...
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...
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...
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 th...
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 Mi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Third Blessing
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Therefore now flee thou to thy place, go back home as quickly as possible; I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, the Lord hath kept t...
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.

¹¹ 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.

Related Commentaries of Numbers 24:11

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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