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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So he will do to me whatever he has planned. He controls my destiny.

Context of Job 23:14

12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread. 13“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases. He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store. 15That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him. 16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

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 7:3so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
• Micah 6:9Listen! The Lord is calling to the city— and to fear your name is wisdom— “Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:3so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
• Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.
• Psalms 97:2Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
• Isaiah 40:27Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, “My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God”?
• Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond 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