Jeremiah 10:23 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks 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. |
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.