1 Samuel 15:29
And Israel shall be divided to two: and God will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 to them, As I live, saith the Lord: surely as ye spoke into my ears, so will I do to you.
Deuteronomy 33:27And the rule of God shall protect thee, 1 And that under the strength of the everlasting arms; 1 And he shall cast forth the enemy from before thy face, 1 Saying, Perish. 1
Psalms 29:11The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; 1 The Lord is become my helper. 1
Psalms 95:11Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exult; 1 Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it. 1
Ezekiel 24:14I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do it; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge thee, saith the Lord, according to thy ways, and according to thy devices: therefore will I judge thee according to thy bloodshed, and according to thy devices will I judge thee, thou unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.
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 →