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 left his commands behind. I have treasured his words in my heart. 13“But God is one of a kind. Who can make him change his mind? He does whatever he wants! He will carry out ⌞his⌟ orders concerning me as he does with so many other things. 15That is why I’m terrified of him. When I think of it, I’m afraid of him. 16God has discouraged me. The Almighty has filled me with terror.

Job 23:14 word by word

כִּ֭י יַשְׁלִ֣ים חֻקִּ֑י וְכָהֵ֖נָּה רַבּ֣וֹת עִמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For he performethשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• appointedחֹקchôq · statute: portionH2706
• for me: and manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• suchהֵנָּהhênnâh · they(fem.)H2007

Cross-references for Job 23:14

• Job 7:3Likewise, I have been given months that are of no use, and I have inherited nights filled with misery.
• Micah 6:9The voice of the Lord calls out to the city. (The fear of your name is wisdom.) “Listen, you tribe assembled in the city.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:3so that these troubles don’t disturb any of you. You know that we’re destined to suffer persecution.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9It was not God’s intention that we experience his anger but that we obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Peter 2:8a stone that people trip over, a large rock that people find offensive.” The people tripped over the word because they refused to believe it. Therefore, this is how they ended up.
• Psalms 77:19Your road went through the sea. Your path went through raging water, but your footprints could not be seen.
• Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround him. Righteousness and justice are the foundations of his throne.
• Isaiah 40:27Jacob, why do you complain? Israel, why do you say, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my rights are ignored by my God”?
• Romans 11:33God’s riches, wisdom, and knowledge are so deep that it is impossible to explain his decisions or to understand his ways.

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