Job 23:14

Job 23:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
• New International Version (NIV)He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such things are with Him.

Context of Job 23:14

12I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. 13But he is in onemind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him. 15Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him. 16For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

Job 23:14 word by word

כִּ֭י יַשְׁלִ֣ים חֻקִּ֑י וְכָהֵ֖נָּה רַבּ֣וֹת עִמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Job 23:14

• Job 7:3So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
• Micah 6:9The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:3that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 1 Peter 2:8and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
• Psalms 77:19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
• Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
• Isaiah 40:27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice due to me is passed away from my God?
• Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

Commentaries on Job 23:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me - Coverdale translates: - He rewardeth me into my bosome, and many other thinges mo doth he, as he maye by his power. חקי chukki may as well be translated bosom here as in Job 23:12; but probably it may mean a portion, lot, sufficiency: For he hath appointed me my lot; and like these there are multitudes with him. He diversifies human affairs: scarcely any two men have the same lot; nor has the same…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me - “I am now meeting only what has been determined by his eternal plan. I know not what is the “reason” why it was appointed; but I see that God had resolved to do it, and that it is vain to resist him.” So when we suffer, we may say the same thing. It is not by chance or hap-hazard that we are afflicted; it is because “God” has “appointed” that it should be so. It is not by passion or caprice on his…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 As Job does not once question but that his trials are from the hand of God, and that there is no such thing as chance, how does he account for them? The principle on which he views them is, that the hope and reward of the faithful servants of God are only laid up in another life; and he maintains that it is plain to all, that the wicked are not treated according to their deserts in this life, but often directly the reverse. But though the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14No one can change God's mind (9:12–13; 11:10; 12:14; 34:29; Numbers 23:19–20; James 1:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. many such--He has yet many more such ills in store for me, though hidden in His breast (Job 10:13).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 23:14

• Predestination

In the dictionaries

• Bitter
• Complaint
• Foreknow; Foreknowledge

Commentaries on Job 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings