Jeremiah 10:23 - New Revised Standard Version

²³ I know, O Lord, that the way of human beings is not in their control, that mortals as they walk cannot direct their 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.

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.

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.

Jeremiah 10:23 Cross References

Psalm 17:5

My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.

Psalm 37:23

Our steps are made firm by the Lord, when he delights in our way;

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the mind belong to mortals, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.

Proverbs 20:24

All our steps are ordered by the Lord; how then can we understand our own ways?

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level; O Just One, you make smooth the path of the righteous.

Daniel 5:23

You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven! The vessels of his temple have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; but the God in whose power is your very breath, and to whom belong all your ways, you have not honored.