1 Samuel 15:29 Parallel Translations

In addition, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind, because he is not a mortal who changes his mind."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a man, whose purpose may be changed.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

And also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor repent; for He is not a man, that He should repent.'

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

1 Samuel 15:29 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 23:19 "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 it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

1 Chronicles 29:11 "Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.

Ezekiel 24:14 "I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not pity and I will not be sorry; according to your ways and according to your deeds I will judge you," declares the Lord GOD.'"

Titus 1:2 in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

15:29 And also the {m} Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.
(m) Meaning God, who maintains and prefers his own.

WES:

15:29 Strength of Israel - So he calls God here, to shew the reason why God neither will nor can lie; because lying proceeds from the sense of a man's weakness, who cannot many times accomplish his design without lying and dissimulation; therefore many princes have used it for this very reason. But God needs no such artifices; he can do whatsoever he pleaseth by his absolute power. Repent - That is, nor change his counsel; which also is an effect of weakness and imperfection, either of wisdom or power. So that this word is not here used in the sense it commonly is when applied to God, as in Jer 11:1 - 23, and elsewhere.

MHC:

15:24-31 There were several signs of hypocrisy in Saul's repentance. 1. He besought Samuel only, and seemed most anxious to stand right in his opinion, and to gain his favour. 2. He excuses his fault, even when confessing it; that is never the way of a true penitent. 3. All his care was to save his credit, and preserve his interest in the people. Men are fickle and alter their minds, feeble and cannot effect their purposes; something happens they could not foresee, by which their measures are broken; but with God it is not so. The Strength of Israel will not lie.

CONC:

Change Changed Further Glory Hope Lie Mind Penitent Pre-eminence Purpose Repent Strength

Change Changed Hope Israel Lie Mind Penitent Pre-Eminence Purpose Repent Strength

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