Job 23:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְה֣וּא בְ֭אֶחָד וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ אִוְּתָ֣ה וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃

Transliteration

wə-hûʾ bəʾeḥād û-mî yəšîbennu wə-napšô ʾiwwətâ wayyāʿaś

Grammar Details

• *wə-hûʾ*: conjunction + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - and he
• *bəʾeḥād*: preposition + adjective/number, masculine singular - in one/alone
• *û-mî*: conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and who
• *yəšîbennu*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - can turn him back
• *wə-napšô*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his soul
• *ʾiwwətâ*: Piel perfect, 3rd feminine singular - desires
• *wayyāʿaś*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he does

Word Meanings

• *ʾeḥād*: one, single, united, alone, unique
• *šûb*: to turn back, return, restore
• *nepeš*: soul, self, life, person, desire, appetite
• *ʾāwâ*: to desire, crave, long for, wish
• *ʿāśâ*: to do, make, accomplish, perform

Referenced Verses

• Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.
• Dan 4:35 : 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?
• Num 23:19-20 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
• Job 12:14 : 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
• Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
• Eccl 1:15 : 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
• Eccl 3:14 : 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.
• Isa 14:24-27 : 24 Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 25 that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder. 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
• Isa 46:10 : 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
• Job 34:29 : 29 When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether [it be done] unto a nation, or unto a man:
• Job 9:12-13 : 12 Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? 13 God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
• Job 11:10 : 10 If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?
• Rom 9:19 : 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he still find fault? For who withstandeth his will?
• Eph 1:9-9 : 9 making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him 10 unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say,] 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
• Ps 135:6 : 6 Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, that hath he done, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;