24:10 Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. 1 Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless 2 them these three times! 24:11 So now, go back where you came from! 3 I said that I would greatly honor you; but now the Lord has stood in the way of your honor.”
24:12 Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, 24:13 ‘If Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond 4 the commandment 5 of the Lord to do either good or evil of my own will, 6 but whatever the Lord tells me I must speak’? 24:14 And now, I am about to go 7 back to my own people. Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in the future.” 8
24:15 Then he uttered this oracle: 9
“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor;
the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;
24:16 the oracle of the one who hears the words of God,
and who knows the knowledge of the Most High,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
although falling flat on the ground with eyes open: