²⁷ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

¹³ And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

²⁰ Behold, I have received `commandment' to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

¹³ But he is in one `mind', and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

²¹ There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.

²⁷ For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

¹⁰ declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not `yet' done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;

¹¹ calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.

⁶ For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

²⁹ For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.