Numbers 23:19

God is not as man to waver, 1 Nor as the son of man to be threatened; 1 Shall he say and not perform? 1 Shall he speak and not keep to his word? 1

Updated 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, 1 Rise up, Balak, and hear; 1 Hearken as a witness, thou son of Zippor. 1

20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: 1 I will bless, and not turn back. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 14:35I the Lord have spoken, Surely will I do thus to this evil congregation 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 Eli 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 Jehu, 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, 1 Turned back in the day of battle. 1

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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