◄ Jeremiah 10:23 ►
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Good News Translation
LORD, I know that none of us are in charge of our own destiny; none of us have control over our own life.

New Revised Standard Version
I know, O LORD, that the way of human beings is not in their control, that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps.

Contemporary English Version
I know, LORD, that we humans are not in control of our own lives.

New American Bible
I know, LORD, that no one chooses their way, Nor determines their course nor directs their own step.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.

Psalm 17:5 Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.

Psalm 37:23 With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

Psalm 119:116,117 Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation. . . .

Proverbs 16:1 It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.

Proverbs 20:24 The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

Context
Jeremiah's Prayer
23I know, O Lord, that the way of a man is not his: neither is it in a man to walk, and to direct his steps.24Correct me, O Lord, but yet with judgment: and not in thy fury, lest thou bring me to nothing.…
Cross References
Proverbs 3:6
Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:

Proverbs 16:1
It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.

Proverbs 16:9
The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.

Proverbs 20:24
The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

Isaiah 26:7
The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.

Daniel 5:23
But hast lifted thyself up against the Lord of heaven: and the vessels of his house have been brought before thee: and thou, and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them: and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and of gold, and of brass, of iron, and of wood, and of stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor feel: but the God who hath thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.

Jeremiah 10:22
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