Jeremiah 10:23 - The Scriptures 2009

²³ O יהוה, I know the way of man is not in himself, it is not for man who walks 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.

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

Mem The steps of a man are ordered by יהוה, And He delights in his way.

Proverbs 16:1

To man belongs the preparations of the heart, But from יהוה is the answer of the tongue.

Proverbs 16:9

A man’s heart plans his way, But יהוה establishes his steps.

Proverbs 20:24

The steps of a man are from יהוה; What does a man know about his own way?

Proverbs 3:6

Know Him in all your ways, And He makes all your paths straight.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is uprightness; O upright One, You weigh the course of the righteous.

Daniel 5:23

“And you have lifted yourself up against the Master of the heavens. And they brought before you the vessels of His house, and you and your great men, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them. And you have praised the elahin of silver, and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which neither see nor hear nor know. But the Elah who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not made great.