Job 23:14
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
In Context
13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
Cross References
Job 7:3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
Isaiah 40:27Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
1 Thessalonians 5:9For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on Job 23:14-17
Job's Comfort in His Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. Some make Job to complain here that… Read the whole commentary →