Numbers 23:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֣א אִ֥ישׁ אֵל֙ וִֽיכַזֵּ֔ב וּבֶן־אָדָ֖ם וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם הַה֤וּא אָמַר֙ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְדִבֶּ֖ר וְלֹ֥א יְקִימֶֽנָּה׃

Transliteration

lōʾ ʾîš ʾēl wî-kazēb û-ben-ʾādām wə-yitneḥām ha-hûʾ ʾāmar wə-lōʾ yaʿăśeh wə-dibber wə-lōʾ yəqîmennâ

Grammar Details

*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʾîš*: common noun, masculine singular - man
*ʾēl*: common noun, masculine singular - God
*wî-kazēb*: waw conjunction + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - that he should lie
*û-ben*: waw conjunction + common noun, masculine singular construct - nor son of
*ʾādām*: common noun, masculine singular - mankind
*wə-yitneḥām*: waw conjunction + hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - that he should repent
*ha-hûʾ*: definite article + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - is it he
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has said
*wə-lōʾ*: waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yaʿăśeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will do
*wə-dibber*: waw conjunction + piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - or has spoken
*yəqîmennâ*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - he will fulfill it

Word Meanings

*ʾîš*: man/person/human
*ʾēl*: God/deity
*yəkazēb*: should lie/would lie/would be false
*ben*-*ʾādām*: son of man/human/mortal
*yitneḥām*: should repent/would change his mind/would regret
*ʾāmar*: has said/has spoken/has promised
*yaʿăśeh*: will do/will perform/will carry out
*dibber*: has spoken/has declared/has promised
*yəqîmennâ*: will fulfill it/will establish it/will make it stand

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Referenced Verses

Heb 6:18 : 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:
Rom 11:29 : 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
1 Sam 15:29 : 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Luke 21:33 : 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Ps 89:35 : 35 Once have I sworn{H8738)} by my holiness that I will not lie{H8762)} unto David.
Hos 11:9 : 9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
1 Chr 17:17 : 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

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