Job 23:13

וְהוּא בְאֶחָד וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ וְנַפְשׁוֹ אִוְּתָה וַיָּֽעַשׂ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

12מִצְוַת שְׂפָתָיו וְלֹא אָמִישׁ מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי ־ פִֽיו ׃

14כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי וְכָהֵנָּה רַבּוֹת עִמּֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִֽיכַזֵּב וּבֶן ־ אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶֽנָּה ׃

Job 10:13וְאֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִלְבָבֶךָ יָדַעְתִּי כִּי ־ זֹאת עִמָּֽךְ ׃

Job 12:14הֵן יַהֲרוֹס וְלֹא יִבָּנֶה יִסְגֹּר עַל ־ אִישׁ וְלֹא יִפָּתֵֽחַ ׃

Psalms 115:3וֵֽאלֹהֵינוּ בַשָּׁמָיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר ־ חָפֵץ עָשָֽׂה ׃

Proverbs 19:21רַבּוֹת מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּלֶב ־ אִישׁ וַעֲצַת יְהוָה הִיא תָקֽוּם ׃

Ecclesiastes 3:14יָדַעְתִּי כִּי כָּל ־ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה הָאֱלֹהִים הוּא יִהְיֶה לְעוֹלָם עָלָיו אֵין לְהוֹסִיף וּמִמֶּנּוּ אֵין לִגְרֹעַ וְהָאֱלֹהִים עָשָׂה שֶׁיִּֽרְאוּ מִלְּפָנָֽיו ׃

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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