My steps have held fast to thy paths,\par\tab My feet have not slipped.
Jeremiah 10:23 - American Standard Version 2015 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own, that we’re not able to direct our paths. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 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. |
My steps have held fast to thy paths,\par\tab My feet have not slipped.
A man's goings are established of Jehovah;\par\tab And he delighteth in his way.
The plans of the heart belong to man;\par\tab But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
A man's heart deviseth his way;\par\tab But Jehovah directeth his steps.
A man's goings are of Jehovah;\par\tab How then can man understand his way?
In all thy ways acknowledge him,\par\tab And he will direct thy paths.
The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.\par
but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.