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Numbers 23:19

19 aGod is not a man, that He should lie,

Nor a son of man, that He should repent;

bHas He said, and will He not do it?

Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

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Numbers 23:19 — The New International Version (NIV)

19 God is not human, that he should lie,

not a human being, that he should change his mind.

Does he speak and then not act?

Does he promise and not fulfill?

Numbers 23:19 — English Standard Version (ESV)

19 God is not man, that he should lie,

or a son of man, that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it?

Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Numbers 23:19 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

19 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?

Numbers 23:19 — New Living Translation (NLT)

19 God is not a man, so he does not lie.

He is not human, so he does not change his mind.

Has he ever spoken and failed to act?

Has he ever promised and not carried it through?

Numbers 23:19 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

19 “God is not a man, that He should lie,

Nor a son of man, that He should repent.

Has He said, and will He not do?

Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

Numbers 23:19 — New Century Version (NCV)

19 God is not a human being, and he will not lie.

He is not a human, and he does not change his mind.

What he says he will do, he does.

What he promises, he makes come true.

Numbers 23:19 — American Standard Version (ASV)

19 God is not a man, that he should lie,

Neither the son of man, that he should repent:

Hath he said, and will he not do it?

Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

Numbers 23:19 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

19 •God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?

Numbers 23:19 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

19 God is not like people. He tells no lies. 

He is not like humans. He doesn’t change his mind. 

When he says something, he does it. 

When he makes a promise, he keeps it. 

Numbers 23:19 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 God is not a man who lies,

or a son of man who changes His mind.

Does He speak and not act,

or promise and not fulfill?

Numbers 23:19 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

19 God is not a human being, that he should lie,

or a mortal, that he should change his mind.

Has he promised, and will he not do it?

Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Numbers 23:19 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19 God is not a man, that he should lie,

nor a son of humankind,

that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it?

And has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Numbers 23:19 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

19 God isn’t a mere man. He can’t lie.

He isn’t a human being. He doesn’t change his mind.

He speaks, and then he acts.

He makes a promise, and then he keeps it.


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