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Jeremiah 10:23

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O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

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Jeremiah 10:23 in other translations

Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself.
It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

Jeremiah 10:23 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 10:23 in context

  1. 21For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
  2. 22The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.
  3. 23O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
  4. 24O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
  5. 25Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name; for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.