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Jeremiah 10:23

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21 For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

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

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

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

25 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.

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BSB
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
KJV
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
WEB
LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
ASV
O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
DARBY
I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.
BLB
I know, O YHWH, that the way of man is not [in himself]; not of man [is] the going and establishing his steps.
ÅB
Jeg vet, Herre, at et menneske ikke selv råder for sin vei, at det ikke står til vandringsmannen å styre sin gang.
OTB
Jeg forstår, Herre, at en persons vei ikke er innenfor deres egen kontroll, heller ikke er det for dem å bestemme sine skritt.
B1930
Jeg vet, Herre, at et menneske ikke selv råder for sin vei, at det ikke står til vandringsmannen å styre sin gang.

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