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Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
אִ֥ישׁ'ish[is] a humanH376
אֵל֙'elGodH410
וִֽיכַזֵּ֔בvi.kha.Zevso he may lieH3576
וּבֶן־u.ven-and a son ofH1121
אָדָ֖ם'a.DamhumankindH120
וְיִתְנֶחָ֑םve.yit.ne.Chamso he may change his mindH5162
הַה֤וּאha.Hu'¿ heH1931
אָמַר֙'a.Marhas he saidH559
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יַעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.Sehwill he act?H6213
וְדִבֶּ֖רve.di.Berand has he spoken?H1696
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
יְקִימֶֽנָּה׃ye.ki.Me.nahwill he fulfill? itH6965

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The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain