“Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.”
— WEB
Jeremiah 10:23
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“O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.”
— KJV
“O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.”
— ASV
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Commentary
Despairing of influencing the people, he turns to God. way of man not in himself-- (Pro 16:1; Pro 20:24; Jam 4:13-14). I know, O Jehovah, that the march of the Babylonian conqueror against me (Jeremiah identifying himself with his people) is not at his own discretion, but is overruled by Thee (Isa 10:5-7; compare Jer 10:19). that walketh--when he walketh, that is, sets out in any undertaking. direct . . . steps--to give a prosperous issue to (Psa 73:23).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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