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Jeremiah 10:23

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21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

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

24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

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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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