Jeremiah 10:23

I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in himselfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.

Bible in Basic English

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

In context

22Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.

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