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 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 commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food. 13“But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does. For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such things are with Him. 15Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him. 16For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies 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 wearisome nights have been appointed to me.
• Micah 6:9The Lord’s voice cries to the city— Wisdom shall see Your name: “Hear the rod! Who has appointed it?
• 1 Thessalonians 3:3that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 1 Peter 2:8and “A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
• Psalms 77:19Your way was in the sea, Your path in the great waters, And Your footsteps were not known.
• Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
• Isaiah 40:27Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: “My way is hidden from the Lord, And my just claim is passed over by my God”?
• Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding 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