Job 23:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Job 23:13 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 115:3
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
Proverbs 19:21
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Isaiah 46:10
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Daniel 4:35
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Job 12:14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Chosen, or Elected Contingencies Decrees, Divine Election Foreordination God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-17)

Some make Job to complain here that God dealt unjustly and unfairly with him in proceeding to punish him without the least relenting or relaxation, though he had such incontestable evidences to produce of his innocency. I am loth to think holy Job would charge the holy God with iniquity; but his complaint is indeed bitter and peevish, and he reasons himself into a sort of patience per force, which…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. in one mind--notwithstanding my innocence, He is unaltered in His purpose of proving me guilty (Job 9:12). soul--His will (Psa 115:3). God’s sovereignty. He has one great purpose; nothing is haphazard; everything has its proper place with a view to His purpose.