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18 Then Balaam gave this message:

“Stand up, Balak, and listen.
    Hear me, son of Zippor.
19 God is not a man. He will not lie.
    God is not a human being. He does not change his mind.
What he says he will do, he does.
    What he promises, he keeps.
20 He told me to bless them.
    So I cannot change the blessing.

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18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

19 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?

20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

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