Jeremiah 10:23

I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

In Context

22The voice of a rumour! Behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

24Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:5When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

Psalms 119:116Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Proverbs 20:24The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:18-25

Lamentation of Judah; Sovereignty of Divine Providence; Prophetic Imprecations. ( b. c. 606.) 17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. 18 For thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. 19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are… Read the whole commentary →

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