1-samuel 15:29
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
Basic English Translation (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.
Webster's Revision
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
World English Bible
Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent."
English Revised Version (ERV)
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man. that he should repent.
Clarke's 1-samuel 15:29 Bible Commentary
The Strength of Israel will not lie - What God has purposed he will bring to pass, for he has all power in the heavens and in the earth; and he will not repent - change his purpose - concerning thee.
We may say it was some extenuation of Saul's fault that the people insisted on preserving the best of the prey; for who could resist the demands of a victorious mob? But his crime was in consenting; had he not, the crime would have been theirs alone.
Barnes's 1-samuel 15:29 Bible Commentary
The strength of Israel - A phrase which occurs only here. The word means, perpetuity, truth, glory, victory, and trust, or confidence.
Wesley's 1-samuel 15:29 Bible Commentary
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 Jeremiah 11:1 - 23, and elsewhere.