Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear. Hearken to me, thou son of Zippor.
20Behold, I have received to bless. And he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Cross References
Numbers 14:35I, LORD, have spoken, surely I will do this to all this evil congregation that are gathered together against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
1 Samuel 3:12In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
1 Kings 14:11He who dies of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat, and he who dies in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat, for LORD has spoken it.
2 Kings 15:12This was the word of LORD which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.
Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms 132:11LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: From the fruit of thy body I will set upon thy throne.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30
Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 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. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →