Jeremiah 10:23 - King James 2000 O 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 steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way.
The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
A man’s steps are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
The way of the just is uprightness: you, most upright, do smooth the path of the just.
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 in them; and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, have you not glorified: