Jeremiah 10:23

Jeremiah’s Prayer

23 LORD, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.

Jeremiah 10:23 in Other Translations

KJV
23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
ESV
23 I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
NLT
23 I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course.
MSG
23 I know, God, that mere mortals can't run their own lives, That men and women don't have what it takes to take charge of life.
CSB
23 I know, Lord, that a man's way of life is not his own; no one who walks determines his own steps.

Jeremiah 10:23 In-Context

21 The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.
22 Listen! The report is coming— a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.
23 LORD, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.
24 Discipline me, LORD, but only in due measure— not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing.
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland.

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Cross References 1

  • 1. S Job 33:29; S Proverbs 3:5-6; Proverbs 20:24
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