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Jeremiah 10:23

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Jeremiah Prays to the Lord

23Lord, I know that a man doesn’t control his own life.

He doesn’t direct his own steps.

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Jeremiah 10:23: I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,

that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

it is not for them to direct their steps.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I know, Lord,

that a person’s way of life is not his own;

no one who walks determines his own steps.

NLTNew Living Translation

I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own.

We are not able to plan our own course.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I know, O Yahweh, that to the human is not his own way,

nor to a person is the walking and the directing of his own step.

KJV 1900King James Version

O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself:

It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.