Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this was thy purpose.
Job 23:13 - Revised Standard Version But he is unchangeable and who can turn him? What he desires, that he does. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But He is unchangeable, and who can turn Him? And what He wants to do, that He does. American Standard Version (1901) But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. Common English Bible He is of one mind; who can reverse it? What he desires, he does. Catholic Public Domain Version For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought. And whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done. |
Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this was thy purpose.
although thou knowest that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of thy hand?
If he passes through, and imprisons, and calls to judgment, who can hinder him?
If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.
For he will complete what he appoints for me; and many such things are in his mind.
When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?—
Whatever the Lord pleases he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be numbered.
I know that whatever God does endures for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has made it so, in order that men should fear before him.
declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.
all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What doest thou?”
You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.