Numbers 23:21

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?

²⁰ I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.

He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.

²² God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

²³ For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
KJV: He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
WEB: He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. The LORD his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.
ASV: He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.
DARBY: He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.
BLB: He has observed no iniquity in Jacob, nor has He seen wickedness in Israel. YHWH his God [is] with him, and the shout of a King [is] among them.

ÅB: Ei skuer han urett i Jakob, ei ser han elendighet i Israel; Herren hans Gud er med ham, og kongejubel lyder der.
OTB: Ingen ulykke er sett i Jakob, ingen elendighet i Israel. Herren deres Gud er med dem; ropet fra en konge er blant dem.
B1930: Ei skuer han urett i Jakob, ei ser han elendighet i Israel; Herren hans Gud er med ham, og kongejubel lyder der.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
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Matthew 1:23
“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
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Jeremiah 50:20
In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
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Romans 4:7–8
“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
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Exodus 29:45–46
Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
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Isaiah 38:17
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
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Psalms 46:11
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
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Micah 7:18–20
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
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