Jeremiah 10:23 - Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not his own. Neither is it given to man to walk and to direct his own steps.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ O Lord [pleads Jeremiah in the name of the people], I know that [the determination of] the way of a man is not in himself; it is not in man [even in a strong man or in a man at his best] to direct his [own] steps. [Ps. 37:23; Prov. 20:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Common English Bible

²³ I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own, that we’re not able to direct our paths.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk and to direct his steps.

English Standard Version 2016

²³ I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

Jeremiah 10:23 Cross References

Psalm 17:5

The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the torrents of iniquity dismayed me.

Psalm 37:23

Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.

Proverbs 16:1

It is for man to prepare the soul, and for the Lord to govern the tongue.

Proverbs 16:9

The heart of man disposes his way. But it is for Lord to direct his steps.

Proverbs 20:24

The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way?

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the just is upright; the difficult path of the just is right to walk in.

Daniel 5:23

But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been presented before you. And you, and your nobles, and your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. Likewise, you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, and brass, iron, and wood and stone, who neither see, nor hear, nor feel, yet you have not glorified the God who holds your breath and all your ways in his hand.