Job 23:13 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"But God is one of a kind. Who can make him change his mind? He does whatever he wants!(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

ASV:

But he is in one mind , and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

BBE:

But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.

DBY:

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.

ERV:

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

JPS:

But He is at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.

WBS:

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

WEB:

But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

YLT:

And He is in one mind, And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth it.

Job 23:13 Cross References

XREF:

Job 23:12 "I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

Job 23:14 "For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

23:13 But he [is] in one [mind], and who can {h} turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
(h) Job confesses that at the present he did not feel God's favour and yet was assured that God had appointed him to a good end.

MHC:

23:13-17 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 obtaining of mercy, the first-fruits of the Spirit of grace, pledges a God, who will certainly finish the work which he has began; yet the afflicted believer is not to conclude that all prayer and entreaty will be in vain, and that he should sink into despair, and faint when he is reproved of Him. He cannot tell but the intention of God in afflicting him may be to produce penitence and prayer in his heart. May we learn to obey and trust the Lord, even in tribulation; to live or die as he pleases: we know not for what good ends our lives may be shortened or prolonged.

CONC:

Alone Changing Desire Desired Desires Desireth Effect Fixed Gives Mind Oppose Pleases Purpose Soul Stands Turn Unchangeable Unique Whatever

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