And he took up his parable and said: Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me; and come, denounce Israel!

And he took up his parable and said: The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened,

And he took up his parable and said, The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, and the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened;

I will extend my ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

As the legs of the lame hang limp; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.