Jeremiah 10:23

I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

In Context

22A voice of a report, lo, it hath come, Even a great shaking from the north country, To make the cities of Judah a desolation, A habitation of dragons.

24Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:5To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

Psalms 119:116Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.

Proverbs 20:24From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man — how understandeth he his way?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:18-25

Lamentation of Judah; Sovereignty of Divine Providence; Prophetic Imprecations. ( b. c. 606.) 17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. 18 For thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. 19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are… Read the whole commentary →

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