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Numbers 23:19

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23:19God is not a man, that he should lie,

nor a human being,43 that he should change his mind.

Has he said, and will he not do it?

Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?44

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Footnotes

  1. 43 Heb “son of man.”
  2. 44 The verb is the Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “to cause to rise; to make stand”). The meaning here is more of the sense of fulfilling the promises made.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God is not a man, that he might lie,

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

Does he speak and not act,

or promise and not fulfill?

NLTNew Living Translation

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?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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?

KJV 1900King 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?