Job 23:13 · KJV
“But he {is} in one {mind}, and who can turn him? and {what} his soul desireth, even {that} he doeth.”
— Job 23:13
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}
For he performeth {the thing that is} appointed for me: and many such {things are} with him.
Job 23 — Context
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary {food}. {esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up} {my...: or, my appointed portion}
13But he {is} in one {mind}, and who can turn him? and {what} his soul desireth, even {that} he doeth.
14For he performeth {the thing that is} appointed for me: and many such {things are} with him.
15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Cross References
Psalms 115:3
But our God {is} in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Proverbs 19:21
{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Isaiah 46:10
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times {the things} that are not {yet} done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Daniel 4:35
And all the inhabitants of the earth {are} reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and {among} the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Job 12:14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. {up: Heb. upon}
Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth {it}, that {men} should fear before him.
Numbers 23:19-20
God {is} not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do {it}? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Psalms 135:6
Whatsoever the LORD pleased, {that} did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.