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Job 23:13
13But he is always true to himself. Nobody can change him. Whatever he wants to do, he does.
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
11I have always lived in the way that God showed me. I have obeyed him faithfully. I have not turned away from his teaching. 12I have been careful to obey his commands. His words are more important to me than my food. But he is always true to himself. Nobody can change him. Whatever he wants to do, he does. 14He will do to me everything that he has decided to do. He has plans to do many things like this. 15Because of that, I am afraid of him. When I think about all these things, I am very afraid.
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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 God decides to take something, nobody can stop him. Nobody can ask him, “What are you doing?”
- Job 11:10God may catch you and put you in prison. He may accuse you in a court. Nobody can stop him doing that.
- Job 12:14If God destroys something, nobody can repair it. If God puts someone in prison, that person cannot escape.
- Job 34:29But if God decides to do nothing, no one can say that he is wrong. If he hides himself, no one can see him. But he still rules over people and over nations.
- Numbers 23:19God is not human. He does not tell lies. He does not change his thoughts. If he promises to do something, it happens.
- Ecclesiastes 1:15If someone has bent something, you cannot always make it straight again. You cannot count things, if they are not there.
- Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that everything that God does continues for ever. Nobody can add anything to it. Nobody can take anything away from it. God does these things so that people will respect his authority.
- Romans 9:19One of you may say to me, ‘God always does what he wants to do. Nobody can change what God makes them do. So God should not say that people have done wrong things.’
- James 1:17Remember that every good gift comes to us from God. He only does what will help us. He is our Father in heaven. He made everything in the sky that gives us light. Those things do not give us the same light all the time. They change, but God does not change.
- Psalms 115:3We know that our God is in heaven. He does whatever he wants to do.
- Psalms 135:6He does whatever he decides to do. He rules the sky and the earth, and the deepest parts of the sea.
- Proverbs 19:21You may have lots of ideas about what you want to do. But it is the Lord's plans that are important.
- Isaiah 14:24The Lord Almighty promises this: ‘It will happen exactly as I have decided. Yes, it will really happen like that.
- Isaiah 46:10From the beginning, I say what will happen at the end. Long ago, I spoke about future things that have not yet happened. I say this: “My purpose will not change. I will do everything that I want to do.”
- Daniel 4:35All the people on the earth seem like nothing to him. He does whatever he wants among the angels in heaven, and among the people on the earth too. Nobody can stop him. Nobody can ask him, ‘Why are you doing that?’
- Ephesians 1:9He has let us know his great purpose, which had been a secret before. That plan would make him very happy. It would be possible because of 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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