1 Samuel 15:29
But the triumpher in Israel will riot spare, and will not be moved to repentance: for he is not a mail that he should repent.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 therefore to them: As I live, saith the Lord: According as you have spoken in my hearing, so will I do to you.
Deuteronomy 33:27His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms: he shall cast out the enemy from before thee, and shall say: Be thou brought to nought.
Psalms 95:11And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.
Ezekiel 24:14I the Lord have spoken: it shall come to pass, and I will do it: I will not pass by, nor spare, nor be pacified: I will judge thee according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, saith the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:9And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee; for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in 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 →