Numbers 23:19

God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep to his word?

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

In Context

18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor.

20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: I will bless, and not turn back.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:35I the Lord have spoken, Surely will I do thus to this evil congregation + 14:35 See ἐπισύστασις, 2 Cor. 11. 28.that has risen up together against me: in this wilderness they shall be utterly consumed, and there they shall die.

1 Samuel 3:12In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.

2 Kings 15:12This was the word of the Lord which he spoke to Ju, saying, Thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel: and it was so.

Psalms 77:9The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting with the bow, turned back in the day of battle.

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 →

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