Christian Standard Bible
Job 23:13
13But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him? He does what he desires.
Job 23:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
- New International Version (NIV)“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.
Context of Job 23:13
11My feet have followed in his tracks; I have kept to his way and not turned aside. 12I have not departed from the commands from his lips; I have treasured the words from his mouth more than my daily food. But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him? He does what he desires. 14He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me, and he has many more things like these in mind. 15Therefore I am terrified in his presence; when I consider this, I am afraid of him.
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וְה֣וּא בְ֭אֶחָד וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ אִוְּתָ֣ה וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 23:13
- Job 9:12If he snatches something, who can stop him? Who can ask him, “What are you doing?”
- Job 11:10If he passes by and throws someone in prison or convenes a court, who can stop him?
- Job 12:14Whatever he tears down cannot be rebuilt; whoever he imprisons cannot be released.
- Job 34:29But when God is silent, who can declare him guilty? When he hides his face, who can see him? Yet he watches over both individuals and nations,
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?
- Ecclesiastes 1:15What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
- Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that everything God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of him.
- Romans 9:19You will say to me, therefore, “Why then does he still find fault? For who resists his will?”
- James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
- Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven and does whatever he pleases.
- Psalms 135:6The Lord does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the depths.
- Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a person’s heart, but the Lord’s decree will prevail.
- Isaiah 14:24The Lord of Armies has sworn: As I have purposed, so it will be; as I have planned it, so it will happen.
- Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will.
- Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
- Ephesians 1:9He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ
Commentaries on Job 23:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13But he is in one mind - The original is באחד והוא vehu beechad, and is literally, But he is in one: properly rendered by the Vulgate, Ipse enim solus est. But he is alone. And not badly rendered by Coverdale - It is he himself alone. He has no partner; his designs are his own, they are formed in his infinite wisdom, and none can turn his determinations aside. It is vain, therefore, for man to contend with his Maker. He designs my happiness, and you cannot…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13But he is in one mind - He is unchangeable. He has formed his plans, and no one can divert him from them. Of the truth of this sentiment there can be no dispute. The only difficulty in the case is to see why Job adverted to it here, and how it bears on the train of thought which he was pursuing. The idea seems to be, that God was now accomplishing his eternal purposes in respect to him; that he had formed a plan far back in eternal ages, and that that…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. 1313. in one mind--notwithstanding my innocence, He is unaltered in His purpose of proving me guilty (Job 9:12). soul--His will (Psa 115:3). God's sovereignty. He has one great purpose; nothing is haphazard; everything has its proper place with a view to His purpose.Read the comment
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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
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