Numbers 22:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 22:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 22:17 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray the..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 22:17 — KJV
“For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.”
— Numbers 22:17 (KJV)
Numbers 22:17 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 22:17
“Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 22:17: come, therefore, pray
“I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 22:17: great, therefore, pray
“And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. flat: Heb. under it”
Shares key themes with Numbers 22:17: very, great, come
“Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; toward...: or, in this place”
Shares key themes with Numbers 22:17: great, come, pray
“Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. wept...: Heb. wept a great weeping”
Shares key themes with Numbers 22:17: very, great, pray
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