Job 23:13

For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes.

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In The King James Version

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

In Context

12I have not withdrawn from the commands of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hidden in my sinews.

14And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God is not like a man, so that he would lie, nor is he like a son of man, so that he would be changed. Therefore, having spoken, will he not act? Has he ever spoken, and not fulfilled?

Job 10:13Though you may conceal this in your heart, yet I know that you remember everything.

Job 12:14If he tears down, there is no one who can build up; if he encloses a man, there is no one who can open.

Psalms 115:3What shall I repay to the Lord, for all the things that he has repaid to me?

Proverbs 19:21There are many intentions in the heart of a man. But the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

Ecclesiastes 3:14I have learned that all the works which God has made continue on, in perpetuity. We are not able to add anything, nor to take anything away, from those things which God has made in order that he may be feared.

Matthew Henry on Job 23:9-13

Mystery of Providence. ( b. c. 1520.) 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more… Read the whole commentary →

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