1 Samuel 15:29
And also the Hope of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 14:28Say unto them, As surely as I live, saith Jehovah, if I do not do unto you as ye have spoken in mine ears!
Deuteronomy 33:27[Thy] refuge is the God of old, And underneath are the eternal arms; And he shall drive out the enemy from before thee, And shall say, Destroy [them]!
Psalms 29:11Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
Psalms 95:11So that I swore in mine anger, that they should not enter into my rest.
Ezekiel 24:14I Jehovah have spoken [it]: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, nor will I repent. According to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
2 Corinthians 12:9And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 15:25-32
Saul's Dethronement Foretold. ( b. c. 1065.) 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord , and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord . 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord , and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away,… Read the whole commentary →