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Numbers 23:19

GOD is, not a man, that he should lie, Nor a son of Adam, that he should repent,—Hath, he, said, and will not perform? Yea spoken, and will not make it stand fast?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

18Then took he up his parable and said,—Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me son of Zippor!

20Lo! to bless, have I received [command],—And I will bless, nor will I take it back.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:35I—Yahweh, have spoken, Verily this, will I do to all this evil assembly, who have conspired against me,—In this desert, shall they be consumed And there, shall they die.

1 Samuel 3:12In that day, will I confirm against Eli, all that I have spoken against his house,—beginning and finishing.

1 Kings 14:11Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city, shall, the dogs, eat, and, him that dieth in the field, shall, the birds of heaven, eat,—For, Yahweh, hath spoken.

2 Kings 15:12That, was the word of Yahweh, which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons, to four generations, shall sit on the throne of Israel. And it was so!

Psalms 77:9Hath GOD, forgotten to show favour? Or hath he shut up, in anger, his compassions? [Selah.]

Psalms 132:11Yahweh hath sworn unto David, in faithfulness, will he not turn from it,—Of the fruit of thy body, will I seat on 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 →

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