Job 23:13
And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, 1 For he has both willed a thing and done it. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
12Neither shall I transgress; 1 But I have hidden his words in my bosom. 1
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God is not as man to waver, 1 Nor as the son of man to be threatened; 1 Shall he say and not perform? 1 Shall he speak and not keep to his word? 1
Job 10:13Having these things in thyself, I know that thou canst do all things; 1 For nothing is impossible with thee. 1
Job 12:14If he should cast down, who will build up? 1 If he should shut up against men, who shall open? 1
Psalms 115:3What shall I render to the Lord 1 For all the things wherein he has rewarded me? 1
Proverbs 19:21There are many thoughts in a man’s heart; 1 But the counsel of the Lord abides forever. 1
Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that whatsoever things God has done, 1 They shall be forever: 1 It is impossible to add to it, 1 And it is impossible to take away from it: 1 And God has done it, that men may fear before him. 1
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 →