23I know, O Lord , that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.


In Context

20 My tent is destroyed; all its ropes are snapped. My sons are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter.

21 The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the Lord ; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.

22 Listen! The report is coming- a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.

23 I know, O Lord , that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.

24 Correct me, Lord , but only with justice- not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.

25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.

Jeremiah 10:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:23O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:23I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:23O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:23I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:23O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:23O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:23Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:23I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man is his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:23O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps.