1 Samuel 15:29 KJV — MannaFest

1 Samuel 15:29

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

KJV

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ASV

And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.

WEB

Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

YLT

and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent, for He is not a man to be penitent.'

DBT

And also the Hope of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.

About this book

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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30 verses on the floor

Numbers 23:19
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?
Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Ezekiel 24:14
I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.
Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

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"He is determined to depose thee, and he will not change his purpose. He is not a man that should repent. " Men are fickle and alter their minds, feeble and cannot effect their purposes; something happens which they could not foresee, by which their measures are broken.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

the Strength of Israel will not lie--Hebrew, "He that gives a victory to Israel," a further rebuke of his pride in rearing the Carmel trophy, and an intimation that no loss would be sustained in Israel by his rejection.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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1SA 15:29NUM 23:19 TIT 1:2
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
1SA 15:292TI 2:13 NUM 23:19
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
1SA 15:29NUM 23:19 JAS 1:17
1SA 15:29NUM 23:19 MAL 3:6
1SA 15:29NUM 23:19 HEB 6:18
1SA 15:29NUM 23:19 LUK 21:33
1SA 15:292TI 2:13 ROM 3:3
1SA 15:292TI 2:13 1TH 5:24

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