Job 23:13

And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].

Young's Literal Translation

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

12The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

14For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:19God [is] not a man — and lieth, And a son of man — and repenteth! Hath He said — and doth He not do [it]? And spoken — and doth He not confirm it?

Job 10:13And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this [is] with Thee.

Job 12:14Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.

Psalms 115:3And our God [is] in the heavens, All that He hath pleased He hath done.

Proverbs 19:21Many [are] the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

Ecclesiastes 3:14I have known that all that God doth is to the age, to it nothing is to be added, and from it nothing is to be withdrawn; and God hath wrought that they do fear before Him.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 →

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