And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Balaam répondit à l'ânesse: C'est parce que tu t'es moquée de moi; si j'avais une épée dans la main, je te tuerais à l'instant.
KJV
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
Philo Judaeus
De Cherubim
τῇ ἀλόγῳ προαιρέσει τοῦ βίου, ᾗ πᾶς ἄφρων ἐπιβέβηκεν, ὅτι „εἰ μάχαιραν εἶχον, ἤδη ἂν ἐξεκέντησά σε“ (Num. 22,29 )· καὶ μεγίστη χάρις τῷ τεχνίτῃ, ὅτι τὴν ἀφροσύνης λύτταν εἰδὼς οὐκ ἐνέδωκεν αὐτῇ, καθάπερ ξίφος μεμηνότι, δύναμιν λόγων, ἵνα μὴ πολλὴν καὶ ἄδικον ἅπασι τοῖς ἐντυγχάνου…
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