Job 23:13
-14 And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed a thing and done it.
LXX2012 (US English)
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; but I have hid his words in my bosom.
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep to his word?
Job 10:13Having these things in yourself, I know that you can do all things; for nothing is impossible with you.
Job 12:14If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against man, who shall open?
Psalms 115:3The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow. 1
Proverbs 19:21There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.
Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that whatever things God has done, they shall be for ever: it is impossible to add to it, and it is impossible to take away from it: and God has done it, that men may fear before 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 →