Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 2 Peter 2:16 in English Standard Version "but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness." Nu 22:21 So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab. Nu 22:23 And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road. Nu 22:28 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”