18. Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!
19. ·God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?
20. Behold, I have received mission to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
21. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.
22. ·God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.
23. For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath ·God wrought!