Job 23:13

In 11 translations

BSB

But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

KJV

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.

ASV

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

LSV

And He [is] in one [mind], || And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.

GNV

Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.

JPS

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

LXXE

And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed a thing and done it.

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WLC

וְה֣וּא בְ֭אֶחָד וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ אִוְּתָ֣ה וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃

LXX-Br

Εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν οὕτως, τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἀντειπὼν αὐτῷ; ὁ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἠθέλησε, καὶ ἐποίησε.

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• Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
• Proverbs 19:21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
• Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
• Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
• Job 12:14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
• Ecclesiastes 3:14I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
• Numbers 23:19–20God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot…
• Psalms 135:6The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
• Isaiah 14:24–27The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people,…
• Ecclesiastes 1:15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
• James 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
• Job 9:12–13If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’ God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
• Romans 9:19One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
• Ephesians 1:9–11And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ. In Him…
• Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
• Job 11:10If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

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