Jeremiah 10:23

Jeremiah 10:23 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

23 Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;

it is not for them to direct their steps.

23¶I know, Lord, that a person’s way is not in himself,

Nor is it in a person who walks to direct his steps.

23¶O Lord, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself;

It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life]. [Ps 37:23; Prov 20:24]

23I know, O Lord, that a man’s way is not his own;

no one who walks directs his own steps.

23O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

23O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in himselfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps.

23Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself.

It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

23 Lord, I know that a person doesn’t control their own life.

They don’t direct their own steps.

23 Lord, I know that nobody controls their own life.

Nobody can decide what will happen to them.

23I have known, O YHWH, that not of man [is] his way, || Not of man [is] the going and establishing of his step.