Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: when He hath said, will He not do it? or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
18And he took up his parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor:
20Behold, I am bidden to bless; and when He hath blessed, I cannot call it back.
Cross References
Numbers 14:35I the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto 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 unto the end.
1 Kings 14:11Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat; for the LORD hath spoken it.
2 Kings 15:12This was the word of the LORD which He spoke unto Jehu, saying: 'Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.' And so it came to pass.
Psalms 77:9(77-10) Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath He in anger shut up his compassions?' Selah
Psalms 132:11The LORD swore unto David in truth; He will not turn back from it: 'Of the fruit of thy body will I 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 →