13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
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But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
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:
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?
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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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 , whic…
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