Job 23:13

But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

Majority Standard Bible

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 departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

14For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

Job 10:13Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:

Job 12:14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.

Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.

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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