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Jeremiah 10:23

Jeremiah 10:23 is verse 23 of Jeremiah chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

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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.

World English Bible

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

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Jeremiah 10:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

22 Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

23 I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

24 Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.

25 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.

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Hebrew words

יָדַ֣עְתִּיI know יְהוָ֔הO Yahweh כִּ֛יthat לֹ֥אnot לָאָדָ֖ם[belongs] to <the> person דַּרְכּ֑וֹway his לֹֽאnot לְאִ֣ישׁ[belongs] to a person הֹלֵ֔ךְ[who] walks וְהָכִ֖ין<and> to direct אֶֽת<obj.>צַעֲדֽוֹstep[s] his

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 17:5
My steps have held to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.

Psalms 37:23
The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.

Psalms 119:116
Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Psalms 119:117
Uphold me, and I will be saved, that I may always regard Your statutes.

Proverbs 16:1
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

Proverbs 20:24
A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?

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